I bought this film on spec because the storyline suggested that this film could turn out to be an interesting treatise on familial bonds, and because I like watching to see how genuine off-screen familial bonds between actors might affect their on-screen performances. This storyline was particularly difficult subject matter, and could so easily have descended into breast-beating, lazily scripted melodrama, a' la Hollywood. Fortunately, the quality of the writing, direction, cinematography, and acting is all so high that at no point in the film was that in danger of happening. The talented cast lent such warmth and humanity to their characters that I ended up liking them all, and feeling that I understood them and could not blame them for anything. I feel nothing but love and admiration for this film, and Emma Schweiger's character, Magdalena, who is at once captivating and enchanting, and entirely believable, had a lot to do with that. She's a heart thief!
Review of Kokowääh
