Der schattenlose Turm

Premiered back at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Zhang Lu is a filmmaker I haven't been familiar with and I have seen some of his Korean works which I have enjoyed but didn't quite emotionally connect with, The Shadowless Tower might be my favorite one of his works so far.

Lu is able to portray a quiet yet meditative narrative about two wandering souls who search for something more within themselves with beautiful camerawork that captures the setting and atmosphere and interesting dialogue conversations between the characters. Many of the writing choices from Lu are interesting as it explores navigation of life, Chinese culture and cores between the soul.

All of the performances were pretty good as each performance enhances the realism of the setting. Including the child actor as well. The sound design is good, the characters are interesting and the pacing, while at times can be too slow, is engaging.

Overall, a really good movie.