I don't quite know where to start with this one. It all just felt so foreign, the folklore, the music, even the language and the era it was set in. As a west European male I should have felt at home with this scenario but no.
This is at heart a love story, a one sided love story. It is uncomfortable to watch someone in love do whatever to even attract the other persons attention. You feel for them somehow, you know they deserve attention but..........unrequited love is just that, we are just there to view the proceedings. This movie could have been made for peanuts and maybe it was. It is shot beautifully in black and white and I couldn't imagine it done any other way. The music is sublime as is the setting. It just looks so grubby and peasant like it hurts! The actors not only look the part they also seem to fit naturally into their roles, this could have been filmed in the period it was set!! The magic/folklore element works well as does the us n them (lord and master scenario) along with the farming community. The element of the dead and their celebration also works well and also feels natural and believable. As you can probably gather, I highly recommend this film from every angle that films work at, on a human scale. In no way a waste of your time, on an entertainment basis.
Review of November
