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A Tale of Shadows (2017)
It's complicated, complex, and amazing if you get it
The movie has a very complex story. It's quite difficult to get the moral message behind it if you don't think. but behind it is a very beautiful concept.
The story really goes really deep, there's tons of messages behind every action and reaction of the actors, that if put together, can give us a deeper understanding in life.
To avoid spoilers, I'll keep it brief and simple. The message that's trying to be conveyed here is that there is a higher power in everything, and the strongest amongst them is the younger and inexperienced, and that the higher power will use them to their own good until they've become useless.
Another message is that life isn't fair, but only because of how you think it.
There's tons of messages in this film, and that's the beauty of it. The acting was OK, in one or two scenes it kinda goes over the top, the accents are a bit off, but given that every actor is from a different nationality, the director pulled it off really well. the camera work was also good, given that the director himself was the cinematographer. but it's very, very, very slow! At least in the beginning, I was close to leaving the cinema, but gladly I stayed to see the film's ending, and saw the beauty of it all, Which i guess is why it made it to the cinemas. The sound had several issues towards the end of the film, can't deny that.
Overall, it's a decent film, just don't expect a super effects with crazy visuals in it. Just go watch it for the deep message behind it if you love stories that are deep.