Spitball Army

watched Oct 27, 2021
spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd:

5.8
[streaming, Criterion Channel]

I wanted to like this more than I did, as its cinematography is sometimes breathtakingly beautiful, given plenty of slow-cinema time for one to luxuriate in. There is a lot of quiet tension in the plot, but the plot itself is simple and deserved some sort of resolution that the filmmakers did not provide. Terrific performance from the actress (Benedicta Sanchez) playing the main character’s mother, so natural that it didn’t seem like acting at all.