Now Again

It cuts deep. The pain is too real, almost palpable. It reopens the wounds, drags out in the open what's buried long, and hammers on the trauma relentlessly. Like seeing souls suffocating from agonies struggle to breathe. It will be hard to outdo a piece that extracts from not just life experience but the ordeal of the heart.

The movie uses different aspect ratios for past and present, as if the past were being viewed through lenses in visual segments. Subtle but ingenious. The segues from scene to scene are seamless. The narrative smooth. The dialogues natural. Extra point for the unassumingness. The performances are on par. The directing is outstanding. Even the closing credits and the lyrics are creative.