"As for the old Díte, his hermetic existence is gingered up by the presence of Marcela (Fialová), a loose girl who tantalizes his dormant potency, which never consummates, in fact, for all its visual effusion and fairytale-like treatment of a turbulent time, Menzel's film overtly panders to the lowest common denominator with its carnal excesses (not to be obfuscated with Nazi party's lampooned eugenic delusion, which emerges as one of the most potent points made by the movie), esthetically arranged with flowers or lavish comestibles covering luscious female bodies, on top of the canny maneuver of mirrors, a motif might be fairly accused of unabashed male gaze, but Menzel does know how to present it scrumptious, on the eye level."
ready my full review on my blog: cinema omnivore, thanks
ready my full review on my blog: cinema omnivore, thanks