Not exact matches
His genre movie is
more realistic —
more capable of expressing contemporary Iranian - ness — than much of Iran's celebrated
social -
realist cinema.
This is an impressive first film, and it will be interesting to see if Legrand's path takes him towards
more cut - and - dried horror, or the chin - strokey, cynical
social realist art movie at which directors like Michael Haneke excel.
These moments are rooted deeply within
social realist cinema, and the everyday interactions of these men and the women in their lives reveal far
more than any of the other,
more grandiose statements the film attempts to make.
An unfeasibly gripping
social realist parable that provides a gravitational showcase for one of Marion Cotillard «s finest performances (and yes, we know that's saying something), the Dardenne brothers» «Two Days, One Night» sees the two - time Palme d'Or winners put in a serious bid for a third (though probably, Cannes rules being what they are, a Best Actress trophy for Cotillard is
more likely).
Although he began his artistic career as a
social realist, his time in Europe steered his work in a
more abstract and improvisational direction.
It served the dual purpose of resembling critique and institutionally sidelining the
more activist
social realist movement.
During the mid-1940s New York painter Norman Lewis abandoned the
social realist style that he had pursued for
more than a decade, having decided that painting «an illustrative statement that merely mirrors some of the
social conditions» was not an effective agent for change.