{"id":61054,"date":"2025-07-29T20:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/?p=61054"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:34:44","slug":"examining-the-immigrant-situation-family-disconnections-and-the-falling-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/2025\/07\/29\/examining-the-immigrant-situation-family-disconnections-and-the-falling-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining the Immigrant Situation, Family Disconnections and the Falling Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roger Costa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOULEYMANE\u2019S STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

The high cost of living and surviving is a global social issue that forces the poor to migrate in search of opportunity. Most of these people seeking a better tomorrow end up suffering with the excessive and mainly humiliating line of work given to them. Guinean immigrant Souleymane is among them. Actor Abou Sangar\u00e9, who won the Un Certain Regard Best Actor prize at Cannes and the Best Actor Revelation at the last C\u00e9sar Awards, gives an impressive performance as the protagonist that easily puts him on the list of most memorable characters of the year.<\/p>\n

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Living in Paris as a bicycle food delivery worker, he is preparing for his immigration interview that will validate his staying in the country but faces many hurdles, especially the lack of human respect and money. Winner of four C\u00e9sar Awards, this is director Boris Lojkine\u2019s third and most acclaimed, awarded and accomplished film. Influenced by the gripping aesthetic of realism, the film presents an accurate and deeply humane look on the struggle and experiences of the food-delivery working-class, while casting awareness on the urgency for humanitarian aid and compassion. Structured in the span of 48 hours, the director injects tension into the narrative creating a clock-ticking situation where our protagonist is constantly in confrontations and peril. A masterly crafted and fast paced blend of suspense, drama and human politics, it\u2019s among the best films of the year.<\/p>\n

(Kino Lorber. 8\/1. Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center)<\/em><\/p>\n

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THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family reunions can be fun and unexpected. Sometimes it can turn the joy into nightmares and examinations on resentment, guilt and missed opportunities. As two sisters reunite and gather their respective families at their childhood estate to celebrate a birthday, things seem harmonious at first, guests arriving, food being prepared, a very welcoming atmosphere.<\/p>\n

As Karen (a top-notch performance by Maren Eggert) steps in to greet her younger sister Jule (Britta Hammelstein) that sense of peace is rapidly shifted into uncomfortable zones, family conflicts, unsolved matters from past and present, and a tumultuous relationship between parents and children.<\/p>\n

After becoming one of the most prominent Swiss filmmakers-duo with \u201cThe Strange Little Cat\u201d and \u201cThe Girl and the Spider\u201d, the Z\u00fcrcher brothers returns with another complex and unconventional take on family dimensions. This time around Ramon Z\u00fcrcher signs in as the director and screenwriter while Silvan Z\u00fcrcher produces the film.<\/p>\n

A sensation at Locarno and winner of the Best Fim Award at Hamburg Film Festival, it is an intense, enigmatic and harrowing tale of family disruptions.<\/p>\n

(Film Movement. 8\/1. BAM).<\/em><\/p>\n

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STAR PEOPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writer-director Adam Finberg\u2019s dramatic sci-fi follows the attempts of a photographer to decipher the mystery of her childhood UFO-seeing. She teams up with her problematic brother and partner and travels the American desert in search of answers.<\/p>\n

The gorgeous singer and actress Kat Cunning leads the cast in this efficient, mind-bending tale about siblings setting themselves free from a traumatic past. The screenplay subtly addresses timely issues such as the immigration crisis and climate change.<\/p>\n

Visually arresting, intriguing and mysterious, Finberg (making his feature fiction debut) scores a potent, unpredictably fun and terrifying alien-hunting flick.<\/p>\n

(Blue Harbor Entertainment. Now Playing at Cinema Village and On Demand).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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