It only takes five minutes, plus or minus. To contribute to an omnibus film, a collection of shorts unified by some general theme, shown together as a feature, is to nearly insure a loss, something to be forgotten. Let us hope this is not true for actress and filmmaker Isild Le Besco, who directed a contribution to the surprisingly strong portmanteau The Bridges of Sarajevo, which also features stand-out work by Jean-Luc Godard, Cristi Puiu, Ursula Meier, and a few others. Le Besco, when will be her time to shine? Primarily known as an actress, each time she steps behind the camera she makes something special. Little Boy, her petit short in this Cannes Special Screenings selection, is indeed special.
An energy-burst micro diary film, documentary as fiction as city symphony, the titular boy introduces his Sarajevo—a city that "cannot be attacked as before," yet feels like hell, cloudy,...
An energy-burst micro diary film, documentary as fiction as city symphony, the titular boy introduces his Sarajevo—a city that "cannot be attacked as before," yet feels like hell, cloudy,...
- 5/26/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
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