Sandcastle (2010), Boo Junfeng
4/5
This is an incredibly beautiful film, focusing on the "coming of age" of a young man. His journey is intertwined with an adolescent exploration and sullenness that is beautifully portrayed by Joshua Tan who plays eighteen year old En. It is interesting to see the story unfold across the generations, subtly introducing narrative elements through the cinematography, utilising well placed image and edits/ cuts. It is especially beautiful to see so many small and insignificant quiet moments in this film, bringing not only a sense of aesthetic beauty to the communication, but an authenticity to the piece as well. The characters are great and the film leaves much explained through visuals and editing, rather than explicitly in dialogue. It is at times humourous and at others heart breaking. Overall this film is a poignant piece about a young man's discovery of his own families past that exquisitely explores political issues through the focalisation of one family. A brilliant film.
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