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This film brings us into Autumn's world as she deals with an unintended pregnancy. It it slow paced...the action is subtle, and this is just what makes is so encapsulating and believable. There aren't wild plots twists or sensationalized drama.

The power is in the nuance. Sidney Flanigan gives a strong understated performance that has you feeling to your core for her. I say this as a 32 year old male who has no idea what it is like to be this character.

It was so painful to see how she(and presumably other young woman) get treated by men in this society. It made me question my own actions. I left with a bit more empathy and understanding of a world I was unknowingly oblivious to.

Rarely do I write reviews. I've maybe written 1, I can't remember. However rarely has a movie not left my mind for weeks after seeing it.

POALOF is a beautiful painting that stretches for 2 hours. It's a short poem that somehow does the same. I wouldn't trade a second of it away. It's like going to the museum and getting lost. In a culture of over sensationalizing and short attention spans, this is the most refreshing thing I have seen in ages.

While some foreign art films seems like art with a capital A, or high-brow, or trying too hard, this film is just beauty for the sake of beauty. I feel like I'm having a love affair with this film it moved me so much.

In a year of great films it stands right next to Parasite and Little Women as my favorites. This movie has its own voice, its own agenda, and it executes it perfectly. Not derivative in the slightest.