34/22
IMDb Editor Arno Kazarian offers up quick takes on 12 movies he screened at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, curiously erotic Misericordia
Narrative
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client..
It was shot in Budapest, Hungary and in Carrara, Italy
Filming took place for a total of 34 days between March 16 and May 5, 2023.
The 70mm format fits the setting while making the movie visually stunning alongside with audacious camera works and stunning photography
This ambitious post-war American epic begins with a mesmerising long-take sequence which will surely stick longer than the 3:35 hours of running time.
Blumberg's music adds on that so the theatre would definitely be its perfect habitat
The script delivers interesting characters – albeit the secondary ones are purely cosmetic – valorised by great performances from Brody and Pearce.
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The issue here is in the last hour, as the writers decided to insert unexplored subplots which will prevent the movie from having a proper conclusion thus leaving a bitter feeling of incompleteness and preventing this monumental project to achieve what was intended for..