Torre. Um Dia Brilhante

265/5000 It is true that Poland is a country of mystics. but that alone does not justify the gratuitous strangeness of this film. Dadaism is not enough to classify all the bizarre and unjustified events of the film. As the poet Giambattista Marino said: "It couldn't be new, it was strange" ...

This one is undoubtedly going to ruffle some feathers. If you're looking for a concise, coherent story with a clear beginning-middle-end... This one's not for you.

This ended up being much more of an eerie and atmospheric family drama and art piece rather than a full blown horror/thriller. Where this film succeeds the most is in its acting, directing and generally impressive, down to earth portrayal of humans and a family dynamic.

This one is undoubtedly a crawler. The pacing is very slow, the run time is long and not all THAT much happens. Despite all of this, I somehow didn't mind it. The movie was aesthetically so pleasurable to watch and the acting and editing were so good that I was engaged for the majority.

It was peaceful yet unsettling and instilled a decent amount of dread even after viewing. You truly feel like you are just following these real to life people around through their day to day life. They did this cool editing thing that I personally have not seen before where they essentially jumped back to the beginning of the scene and showed it from another perspective which I found interesting and wish they had utilized more.

I definitely think they could have accomplished what was successful in this film while cutting it down a bit and instilling a bit more story into it. Virtually nothing is explained and you have to be okay with that going in if you're going to enjoy it. 4.5 rounding up to a 5. Would recommend but certainly not for everyone.