The Repression of Truth in Michel Franco's 'Memory'
Michel Franco’s 'Memory' explores the premise of entrapment in the context of trauma and dementia and, in its repression of truth, builds to a chilling moment.
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Michel Franco’s 'Memory' explores the premise of entrapment in the context of trauma and dementia and, in its repression of truth, builds to a chilling moment.
Wim Wenders’s Tokyo-set Perfect Days, plus Memory, Wicked Little Letters and The Moon Thieves
Shoshana (15A, 125mins)
Franco leaves several smoking guns to add to the ethical and narrative knottiness
Insinuating and bravely acted, Michel Franco’s film makes us think not only about memory loss, but everything we choose to forget and can’t