Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
[DVD] (97 Min.)
,
mono
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
Golem-Trilogie 1
Keywords:
DVD-Video
Abstract:
"Esther" is an alienating and rigorous, yet poetic and indelibly provocative exposition on the precarious interrelation between oppression and retribution, belief and self-righteousness, identity and exile. Amos Gitai juxtaposes contrasting dramatic forms (theater, Byzantine art, and film) and defies traditional filmic narrative convention in order to create a pervasive sense of underlying paradox and experiential disharmony that reflect the seemingly insoluble contemporary situation of the Arab-Israeli conflict ... Reminiscent of the lyrical and folkloric impressionism of Sergei Paradjanov (who, perhaps uncoincidentally, was an Armenian artist persecuted by Soviet authorities) fused with the blurred delineation between art and life that has characterized Kiarostami's spare and contemplative nomadic cinema, the film is a thoughtful modern-day allegory on the erosive and inhuman cycle of vengeance, intolerance, persecution, and violence. [www.filmref.com]
Note:
hebr. / UT: engl. ; ital.
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