.bluebayoufilm, titanemovie, ‘Lamb’ and ‘Ema’ all feature adoption storylines. Writer TyleKurner unpacks the trend.
, a chilly domestic drama directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, in which the lead actors Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason raise a lamb/human hybrid named Ada mysteriously birthed on their farm. Ada is a toddler at this point, her adoptive parents and uncle bouncing around to-esque music in the living room, while she wanders around the sparsely populated land. She steps outside and looks into the eyes of another lamb.
There’s a self-lacerating quality to my fascination with adoption on film, a test to see if a filmmaker can capture pain and uncertainty. But my interest is also an attempt to discover how profound these films can really be when it comes to deeper truths about identity, humanity, and desire for stability within an unstable world.is more metaphorical than literal, yet no less incisive for its gestures towards an unsureness and a recognition of familial displacement.
Wan’s inclination to use the artifice of its premise and accentuate that with a presentational aesthetic that bleeds into the acting style grantsa levity about its topic; the sentient tumor in the back of Madison’s head, a not fully formed telekinetic twin that was excised at a young age, makes for an easily accessible symbol for the depressive and
is a sense of bifurcation, an unsettled half of a person whose restlessness is never put to rest and that may manifest as a gaping hole in one’s life. In Justin Chon’s film, its lead undocumented Korean adoptee ne’er-do-well tattoo artist Antonio is relentlessly haunted by memories of his mother singing “Ja Jung Uri” and of images of being submerged in the New Orleans water, the leaves of the local cypresses hanging their arms just over the water as if swept up in sadness.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How to Make Toothpick LambSalty, a little sweet, super easy to eat, and the perfect complement to cold beverages.
Read more »
How Memory Can Help Us Cope With the Loss of Loved OnesWhy remembering the dead is important for your mental health, by RodLuster
Read more »
Beyond pie: Use canned pumpkin to make pasta, pork and coffee cakePumpkin pie is great, but canned pumpkin can be used in so much more.
Read more »
AFM: Streaming Wars, COVID Will Put Indie Film Models to the Test'The battle between streaming and theatrical was inevitable. The big question now, going into AFM, is what the hell is going to happen to the business?'
Read more »
Entertainment One Alums Form Canadian Indie Outfit Blink StudiosEndeavor Content will act as both an investor and strategic partner.
Read more »
Susan Alexandra Celebrates its Kaleidoscopic Bead Emporium Opening in the Heart of Dimes SquareFriends and family took to Orchard Street to celebrate the opening of Susan Alexandra with canned cocktails, streetside Banza pizza, and a live, personalized score.
Read more »