Duvidha

A very charming folk tale, told with stunning cinematography the perfectly conveys the longing and desire of the characters through a mix of closeups and wide shots. The film's slow pacing provides an effective sense of distance that is essential to the story, though at times I felt it was a bit too slow, stretching out with time what should have been stretched out with a bit more content. A beautiful mix of folk fantasy and realism, but it lacks a bit of depth in bringing the two together.

This reminded me of Parajanov's movies in how it tells a folkore story with a very stylized mis-en-scene, resulting is some gorgeous shots, but making the plot emotionally distant.

The story itself could be interesting, if presented differently. Unfortunately there are so many still frames in this movie, that to me it feels like watching a slide show with narration.