Often you find gems in the foreign film world that start just like this one so I am all in when I come across these types of films. In addition, Jewish persecution during the Hitler days, their camps and stories are endless, heartbreaking and make one pause and take note to put it mildly. Now to the film. It starts out well enough but mature and seasoned viewers notice that it dwells too long on scenes including well after the point made. That tells me they don't have a story. We remind ourselves that it is a movie made by another culture so we give the benefit of the doubt and watch on. It wanted to pay-off but never made the connection. Perhaps this viewer expected a more conventional story along the theme lines? One can relate to starvation, despair, injustice and so on but this movie cut a new path for its viewers but left me behind. When I watch a movie, I want to be led, directed, even drawn-in and a good script-story plus director can carry this off. I found myself having to do more work and less viewing to make sense of the story portrayed. The main actors never looked into those hand-held cameras which is quite a feat considering they were all over the place. There was a compelling part involving some old men existing rather than living making the point that poets ask us to consider. Is it worth a watch? Yes because it may be your cup of tea presented in such a way that it invokes deep thought, questions or sympathies. Not for me but thank you
Review of Diamonds of the Night
