The twins (Silvana Imam’s Sister and Philip Oros’ Brother) have nothing since their mother passed away. No house. No jobs. No money. Brother doesn’t even have a voice—not since they left Syria long ago. It’s therefore up to Sister to manage for them both. Finding places to squat, talking their way into odd jobs to get paid, and making connections she can hopefully lean on when things get even tougher than they already are. Which is why it’s nice to have someone like their cousin Petri (Lukas Malinauskas) looking out. He works for a big-shot entrepreneur, Yann (Henrik Norlén), who could use a duo as desperate and volatile as these soft-spoken yet tenacious bruisers. And they’re only happy to oblige. Until they discover their task.
Writer-director Isabella Carbonell talks about wanting Dogborn to depict the complexity of the unfortunate souls caught inside the dark world of her setting.
Writer-director Isabella Carbonell talks about wanting Dogborn to depict the complexity of the unfortunate souls caught inside the dark world of her setting.
- 9/8/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
When it comes to visual storytelling and intrigue, the opening section of Songs For A Fox delivers as we watch Dainius (Lukas Malinauskas), later revealed to be a rock musician (a career previously shared by director Kristijonas Vildziunas), abandon his stuck jeep and head for what appears to be a biodome where he carefully decants the ashes of his dead girlfriend Justine into a jar that he sends down a foxhole. All this unfolds without dialogue, lending it a feel of mystery, added to when we learn that Dainius hopes, via a flashing light doohickey Justine (Agnese Cīrule) used to use to help her make potery when asleep, to reconnect with his lost love via lucid dreams.
Drawing, very loosely, on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Vildziunas' film never slackens in its imagination but it becomes increasingly self-indulgent as things progress. In pursuit of his sleeping quest, Dainius enlists the.
Drawing, very loosely, on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Vildziunas' film never slackens in its imagination but it becomes increasingly self-indulgent as things progress. In pursuit of his sleeping quest, Dainius enlists the.
- 4/6/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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