Acquitted of a fatal on-duty incident but tormented by its harrowing personal repercussions, a police officer and impending father struggles to piece his uprooted life back together while sent on leave to a holiday resort in Greece.
The Invitation takes a creeping look at two simple premises: reuniting with forgotten friends and new-age spiritualism. Though one seems a bit scarier than the other, the film heightens social awkwardness to a macabre level that puts an uncomfortable look on when the social taboo of grief is put on public display.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.
Vicenza, a Brazilian girl, goes on a quest by herself to find out who her birth father is by gathering clues.
