Josef - Born in Grace

A free-flowing superbly narrated story line sending a clear message to audience. Dialogues adoption for movie is good. All actors have done a good job, however lead actors Victor Banerjee and Subrat Dutta distictly stand tall. Photography, especially of scenic nature around mountains is so attractive. Overall a very soothing non-commercial movie.

The film is made in a manner reminiscent of telefilms and series made for the state owned national tv of India, i.e. Doordarshan. The film is a rather poor adaptation of the original story and utterly fails to be either an impactful film or a trascendental experience. It oscillates between the aesthetics of the time image and action image, unable to make up its mind. Actors lack continuity, not just costumes and props, but some actors behave like different characters in different scenes. The film has a rushed up start and end while it meanders all along. The landscape is used as eyecandy to make up for the lack of content, it ends neither evocative nor dramatic, just Himalayan eyecandy.