The Charmer
First screened in October 2017
Director: Milad Alami. Cast: Ardalan Esmaili, Soho Rezanejad, Lars Brygmann, Susan Taslimi, Elmira Arikan, Hassan Elsayed, Ekber Mostajeran, Farzam Abdollahi, Stine Fischer Christensen, Amalie Lindegaard, Kitt Maiken Mortensen, Dan Boie Kratfeldt, Mette K. Madsen. Screenplay: Ingeborg Topsøe and Milad Alami.

Twitter Capsule: Seemingly casual road-trip vacation opens new windows onto contemporary masculinities and predicaments of exile.

VOR:   For a while the film was more engaging than crafty, but late-breaking revelations about romantic folly, military service, etc., give it depth.



Photo © 2017 Good Company Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


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