leonbane
Joined Nov 2023
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leonbane's rating
It is a good series.
Doing a Balkan story, through various countries. With a very mixed international cast, and working in 3+ languages, is a very hard task!
So, kudos for the creators.
There is great acting, and interesting plot most of the time.
Most of those stories are very close to reality, which makes the series even better.
Said that, it seems that the need for a visual show of, and for TV suspense have stretched the camera work - it is overdone; and also has stretched the story-lines to be from heavy to heavier, without letting subtlety to prevail sometimes.
Nonetheless it is a great effort and merits an applause, especially for some of the actors (Bajraktaraj being my top love).
Doing a Balkan story, through various countries. With a very mixed international cast, and working in 3+ languages, is a very hard task!
So, kudos for the creators.
There is great acting, and interesting plot most of the time.
Most of those stories are very close to reality, which makes the series even better.
Said that, it seems that the need for a visual show of, and for TV suspense have stretched the camera work - it is overdone; and also has stretched the story-lines to be from heavy to heavier, without letting subtlety to prevail sometimes.
Nonetheless it is a great effort and merits an applause, especially for some of the actors (Bajraktaraj being my top love).
Actually, writing a reviews far back in time after the premiere, should be done without giving actual stars. Stars make sense if given right after the premiere, and not based on nostalgia, as this review is about. I put 10* because of that, if there had been a voting system back then, and if I'd been alive then, I'd put it 8 out of 10 stars.
Back to the movie.
I've watched it several times, and it is a masterpiece in the sense of storytelling. It has laughs, tears, bad man, lovely kids, war, orphanage... all in one.
Also directing is strong, regarding directing actors, but also creating a "mood" of the epoch. The director, is one of the best Albanian directors ever, and he shows his mastery of the art right here, in this movie. It is a "kid's movie", yet it is not.
Acting is also superb, with some of the heaviest names of the Albanian Cinema of that era building solid characters. (Agim Qirjaqi, I'm looking at you!)
Said that, the movie is filled with propaganda and historical inaccuracies - for example, the life inside am orphanage of the period - which sorts of devalues it's content. There are numerous testimonies after the 1990, that put the credibility whole storyline in quest.
Back to the movie.
I've watched it several times, and it is a masterpiece in the sense of storytelling. It has laughs, tears, bad man, lovely kids, war, orphanage... all in one.
Also directing is strong, regarding directing actors, but also creating a "mood" of the epoch. The director, is one of the best Albanian directors ever, and he shows his mastery of the art right here, in this movie. It is a "kid's movie", yet it is not.
Acting is also superb, with some of the heaviest names of the Albanian Cinema of that era building solid characters. (Agim Qirjaqi, I'm looking at you!)
Said that, the movie is filled with propaganda and historical inaccuracies - for example, the life inside am orphanage of the period - which sorts of devalues it's content. There are numerous testimonies after the 1990, that put the credibility whole storyline in quest.