Love Child (2019)
First screened in October 2019
Director: Eva Mulvad. Documentary about an unwed Iranian couple living in exile in Turkey with their child while seeking asylum. Screenplay: Eva Mulvad.

Twitter Capsule: Seven years of living among a small Iranian family seeking asylum in Turkey enables a round, complex, dramatic doc.

VOR:   Sustains the tradition of vérité documentary based on years of intimate observation. Conveys temporal drag without just embodying it.



Photo © 2019 Danish Documentary Production ApS/Grunnet Film

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


Awards:
Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo (Best Documentary)

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