Ironically, Leonor Teles’ Portuguese film, Baan, which played recently at the Locarno Film Festival, is about the inability to find it, in the world out there as well as deep within oneself. Forget a story and plot progression, though there’s a beginning, we don’t get much of a middle or end to Baan either. Ironically, Leonor Teles’ Portuguese film, Baan, which played recently at the Locarno Film Festival, is about the inability to find it, in the world out there as well as deep within oneself. Baan is a film that is consciously experimental and elliptical and deliberately challenging for the viewers, as it goes round and round in circles. Cinema Without Borders In this weekly column, the writer introduces you to powerful cinema from across the world Film: Baan

Source: Indian Express August 16, 2023 07:41 UTC