2013 · drama · history
Burning Bush
Directed by Laurent Perrin1h 30m2013
Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.
Our read: Burning Bush (2013) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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