2020 · drama · family
DNA
Directed by Maïwenn1h 30m2020
A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algerian grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.
Our read: DNA (2020) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
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