BBCNEWS The Film Review June 4, 2024 22:55:00
It's beautiful, simple, gentle. how often do i find myself saying this, a remarkable performance by a very young actress? astonishing, and it's a directorial debut, and it's so sure—footed. the comparison i made was celine sciamma, capturing of childhood at that point, the cusp of childhood and adulthood, and you keep thinking that the film is going to take a turn for the terrible. but it... i had a knot in my stomach for some of it. it's set in a rural ireland in the early �*80s. but very...so gently moving. i was overwhelmed by it. and the other thing i found about it was the more you th...