38/37
Narrative
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing the border against his best friend in elementary school. Norway’s official submission to the Best International Feature Film Award; category of the 97th Academy Award ceremony in 2025. I understand why it won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2024, but for the love of my life I couldn’t watch the movie after the middle. An incompetent teacher-administrator duo summons a single celebrity mother to her son’s school to discuss an incident involving her son and his friend. It’s a great idea, and Armand caught my attention, not least because of the stunning opening shots and overall cinematography. But then it goes into self-indulgent territory, and I still have no idea what the director was up to with the mix of sharp dance scenes and an actor laughing for three minutes straight. That’s where it all started, and after that everything becomes disappointing and never recovers (watched at the MAMI film festival in Mumbai in 2024).
https://o2techplus.com/2024/11/01/pom-poko-1995-hdrip-bluray-download-via-torrent/