Gideon Koppel's free-form portrait of a Welsh farming community may be the most subtly poetic piece of cine-anthropology to come down the pike in eons.
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Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
A film that throbs with life while keenly noting its passing, this is an ode to the village that welcomed - and let thrive - the director's refugee parents.
An affectionate, if uncomfortably stagnant, portrait of moribund rural culture.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
A lingering, mildly lyrical look at village life, Sleep Furiously does for the mobile librarians of Wales what "Sweetgrass" did for the shepherds of Montana.