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  • DVD: The Lighthouse

    Time Out
    April 29, 2011


    DVD - The Lighthouse

    FILM Cert: 12
    by David Jenkins


    Not all new films that play in film festivals go on to receive wider
    releases, and there are inevitably going to be a clutch of leftfield
    gems that are consigned to the back pages of modern cinema history.
    Maria Saakyan's 2006 debut, 'The Lighthouse', is one such gem that's
    been deservedly rescued from obscurity, a breathtaking, expressionist
    chronicle of a shy young woman's efforts to retrieve her grandparents
    from a rural Armenian warzone. Offering a consummately crafted vision
    of a world gone seriously awry which favours mood and texture over a
    linear narrative, comparisons with the otherworldly dramas of Andrei
    Tarkovsky are inevitable. Saakyan's knack for constructing beautifully
    surreal compositions from mundane activities such as washing and
    singing is second to none, while the cavalcade of striking, austere
    imagery works in perfect unison with the throbbing soundtrack from
    composer Kimmo Pohjonen. With the inclusion of Saakyan's short
    'Farewell' (2004), this is a real lost treasure that's been unearthed
    with great dilligence and passion.




    From: A. Papazian
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