
Hina is a high school student and lives in Dekotora, due to some problems with debts, Hina is challenged to drive truck, now she struggles every day to pay the debts left by her late husband, Maki, who in the end realizes the meaning Of true love and discovers the sheer passion for driving the truck to pay off the debt.
Gretel & Hansel falters due to its razor thin story and lack of characterization. It loses sight of horror’s key rule: In order to create an effective tale, characters and emotions must be emphasized.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
The Magician's Elephant has a strong multicultural cast and a heartwarming story about bringing two long-lost siblings back together