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After many years apart, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation
Chronology
Ingrid and Marta were close friends in their youth when they worked together at the same magazine. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian offers a sneak peek at the 12 films he’s screening at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Honora and the dangerous, strangely erotic Misericordia, Almodovar’s first English-language feature.
The story might be good
But there is something wrong with the way the movies sound in terms of dialogues. It feels like someone took a good movie and edited it badly, leaving only the “basic” phrases.
Thus, the dialogues seem sour, sometimes smelling of clichés
Most often, there is no introduction in the walls that makes the climax possible and vivid. Instead, each wall seems to be pared down to just its core message.
The talents of the actresses will not save them
What could have been a strong point is just seen as a deck of cards. Sometimes it looked like the script was written in another language and then translated.
The exact ingredients
But the dish is tasteless, unfortunately… See the full list of participants at the 62nd New York Film Festival this fall.