A pure review on "SUSAN:
I am proud that after our private screening in London I have received some great feedbacks, responses, reviews and interviews from audience and magazine.
Check this review out that I received by a wonderful anonymous person on the feature film SUSAN.
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"This feature length film "SUSAN" depicts a painful and harrowing journey through a period in the life of a wife and mother, Susan, as she experiences grief, isolation and finally, great love and hope.
The Director has made a beautiful, poignant film which allows us to experience this journey through flashbacks and intimate glimpses into Susan's life and the lives of the people she loves, as well as people she encounters along the way, who offer their help.
The film moves at a pace to allow the audience to observe and experience a range of complex emotions, all from Susan's perspective.
"Susan" also provides a sensitive but shocking insight into the trauma of a returning soldier's PTSD and the terrible lasting impact on the sufferers and their families. We also explore the role of the Church in providing comfort at the bleakest times in a person's life. Susan wants to find answers here, but fails to do so.
The film opens on a grey, rainy day in London, as Susan travels in a black cab with her daughter across Tower Bridge. Memories of happier times come flooding back to her and deepen her feelings of loss and regret.
The film provides a breathtaking view of London, with the backdrop echoing the emotions of the main characters at different stages of their journeys. We switch between the grey, rainy starkness of the City of London and it's imposing buildings and concrete landscape, to the rich autumnal colors of London's parks and gardens. Nature in various forms such as birds, squirrels and trees represents a source of comfort and hope for Susan. At times, we also see bleak, open, windswept landscapes which underscore Susan's isolation and loneliness.
The interior scenes are filmed to create intense atmosphere, at times claustrophobic and at other times, comforting. We switch from delighting in the intimacy of the couple's relationship to feeling intensely uncomfortable being allowed to witness the horrifying pain of it.
The cinematography is exquisite and the lead actors convey the raw emotions of grief, anger, loss and joy in a way which draws us into their story. The originally composed score is stunning, perfectly complementing and enhancing the mood of the film.
'Susan" is a deeply moving story of love, grief, and forgiveness. It takes the audience on a beautiful journey and provides us with a deep insight into one woman's experience of loss."
