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Saw He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not based on the good word in this thread. Enjoyable movie. I don't think the narrative of the film is a gimmick because it is the main reason why the film works at all. The pleasure of the movie comes from the narrative style, it is therefore the subject of the movie rather than a cheapshot.
But The Son casts a much longer lasting impact. The movie can be difficult: it has very little dialogue (almost none for exposition), almost no reaction shots, lots of handheld, long take shots, and focuses on an ordinary looking man. The movie follows a carpenter who teaches ex-convict adolescents the trade; we are thrust into his daily life patterns, and a key new boy who arrives. There is an important plotpoint revealed relatively early in the film, and the tension it generates from there on with its seemingly slow pace is amazing. Olivier Gourmet is great as the main character.
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