2015 · drama · romance · anthology
The High Sun
Directed by Dalibor Matanić2h 3m2015
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers – and the enduring strength – of forbidden love.
Our read: The High Sun (2015) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · romance · anthology entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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