The Line (2017)
aka Čára
First screened in October 2017
Director: Peter Bebjak. Cast: Tomáš Maštalír, Eugen Libezňuk, Andrej Hryc, Aleksandr Piskunov, Zuzana Fialová, Kristína Kanátová, Emília Vášáryová, Stanislav Boklan, Rimma Zyubina, Filip Kaňkovský, Milan Mikulčík, Géza Benkõ, Volodymyr Helyas, Vanesa Antovská, Makar Tihomirov, Veronika Strapková. Screenplay: Peter Balko.

 Twitter Capsule: Tautly plotted, deftly directed noir, like Animal Kingdom in Eastern Europe. Visuals, actors keep old tropes fresh.

Second Capsule: In which Slovak actor Tomáš Maštalír takes dead aim at Gladiator/Proof of Life-era Russell Crowe, vows to go even sexier.

VOR: ④  Could easily have felt like a noir retread but makes few obvious choices in look or sound. Story and regional subtext consistently surprise.


Photo © 2017 Wandal Production/Audiovizuálny fond SR/Creative Europe Media/
RTVS/Garnet International Media Group

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

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