Cosmic Candy

A cinematic gimmick and at the same time a tender story about the price of adulthood, a subtle commentary on addiction but also a bit of a romance, Rhinos Dragasaki's first feature film is full of emotions even when the narrative is over. With pop aesthetics and a pervasive atmosphere of nostalgia, the story is told of Anna, a lonely woman who sees her methodically constructed routine collapse when she is forced to take care of an unknown girl, Persia. This is the moment Anna is called upon to change radically to take on an unprecedented responsibility for her.

Weird characters, emphasis on color palettes,pop culture references and a very very simple screenplay. It seems like a tv movie.

I see what the did there !

Ugly , problematic hipster movie that for a certain audience the drugs users when they are high !

I see what the did there !

Ugly , problematic hipster movie that for a certain audience the drugs users when they are high !

Sorry, but no amount of interesting visuals and good acting can save an ultimately aimless and uninteresting movie. They can elevate it, hence the 5, but not save. And when I say "interesting visuals", I mean the first and final fifteen minutes. The rest was just a big "meh".

Congratulations though to the two lead actresses because they carried this borefest on their backs.

A cinematic gimmick and at the same time a tender story about the price of adulthood, a subtle commentary on addiction but also a bit of a romance, Rhinos Dragasaki's first feature film is full of emotions even when the narrative is over. With pop aesthetics and a pervasive atmosphere of nostalgia, the story is told of Anna, a lonely woman who sees her methodically constructed routine collapse when she is forced to take care of an unknown girl, Persia. This is the moment Anna is called upon to change radically to take on an unprecedented responsibility for her.

Anna's character attracts the most interest as she unfolds her complex psychological profile through Maria Kitsu's rigorous, though sometimes exaggerated, interpretation. Between nerves, insecurities and stress, Anna finds balance by consuming large quantities of "Cosmic Candy", which brings her into a hallucinatory state. Sweet is a link to her minor - and therefore harmless - past for her, while Dragasaki cleverly presents it as a metaphor for psychotropic drugs.