Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables deals with some of the major problems that exist not only in France but all over the world. It is extremely unfortunate that issues like racial discrimination, hatred based on ethnicity, stereotyping, and social segregation still exist in the 21st-century modern world. Cinema is a reflection of society. So, it is …
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite depicts South Korean class struggle vividly in a satirical way. The film takes a tour of both Kim and Park families. The Kims represent the poor, live in a squalid basement apartment, and fold pizza boxes to make both ends meet. Their economic condition is pretty much explained when they use a neighbor’s internet …
Senegal’s current socio-economic condition is reflected in Mati Diop’s maiden directorial venture Atlantics. The story has certain supernatural blending as well. Somewhere the oppressed souls, both socially and economically, find solace in revenge. They return and reappear as lifeless zombies in the bodies of their girlfriends. The story of Atlantics is unveiled against the backdrop …
Jan Komasa’s 92nd Academy Awards nominee for Best International Feature film Corpus Christi is a religious yet liberal film and strongly deals with the ideologies of redemption and salvation. Even though the film is made on the ground of Christianity, it surely raises some logical and moral questions. It is surely not blasphemous. If religion …