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Gorgeous! Brilliant! Fuck, this is a cool film.

I'm glad I got to watch it with absolutely no concept of what it was about. For some reason, every single thing I've seen written about this movie so far has massive spoilers. Just watch it, don't look anything up. Let yourself be a bit confused and then feel the joy as it all comes together.

Had to see it on the big screen so I waited for a one-off screening at Vancouver Intl. Film Centre instead of watching at home. Diop, a wonderful actor who made a strong impression on me with just two roles (35 Shots of Rum and Simon Killer) proves to be just as interesting a director. Always ahead of the audience, not afraid of long takes and tangents and tackling the issue of immigration in a profound way. Very strong debut.

Very pretty cinematography by Claire Mathon who captures the ghostly, silvery night scapes of Dakar.

Panasonic Varicam 35, Zeiss Ultra Speed and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Red Weapon, Zeiss Ultra Speed and Angenieux Optimo Lenses

Check out this interview... she mentions that Diop cited several of Carpenter’s films (Fog, Assault) for the look.
www.afcinema.com/Claire-Mathon-AFC-discusses-her-work-on-Mati-Diop-s-film-Atlantique.html?lang=fr

Mati Diop is the first black woman director in history to compete in Cannes competition.

a top-tier gothic romance: the billowing curtains, the ominous sea, the love that transcends worldly boundaries.

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A film haunted by its own yearning for a better future. Mati Diop's debut feature floats between realism and ghostly transient spaces without a hitch, and is packed with heavy, perfectly realized performances. Exists in a methodical, repetitive state of elemental grace and harsh ideas. Just gorgeous. Don't let this one out of sight - catch it on Netflix.

A deeply soul-searing masterpiece concerning the infinite and metaphysical power of the human spirit’s collision with the enormous, ever-expanding network at the helm of humanity’s obsession with the material. We are not worthy of the glory.

Towers scraping heavens built by those drowned in depths; in lieu of any divine retribution for the greed of man do those most suffered take it upon themselves. There is, however, no real justice in the end, the lives lost at sea still lost but with fare for their ferry. Justice in this sense is reduced to reparations, greed paying for its own indulgences and then some (many). Perhaps this is the best we can envision under such material conditions – speculative social realism that can only look back. We look nevertheless.

Nontraditional ghost stories are one of the most beautiful things imaginable

Remember when everyone was saying how they were so glad they went into Parasite completely unprepared for what they were about to see?

That.

labor leaves an essence. love lingers.

who owns your body?