2018 · thriller
Sara's Notebook
Directed by Norberto López Amado1h 55m2018
Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, Sara is being held captive by The Hawk, the fearsome rebel leader who controls the mafias behind the prized mineral coltan.
Our read: Sara's Notebook (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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