A Dostoevskian narration a la News From Home set among a world akin to The House is Black. It’s deeply philosophical, probing the depths of existential poverty. Director Aristakisyan embodies his impoverished through Jesus Christ, beginning with Nero’s persecution. Unlike most other Christian works, this exclusively focuses on the lowest rungs of society, where Jesus was known to frequent. Throughout the film, an unknown father narrates a letter to an unborn child he will never meet. Along the way, he espouses the experience of absolute poverty by way of introducing different “characters” in this destitute world. Each comes with a backstory and humanized tale. The film is quite expansive and continuous in its philosophical musings. It feels dense but is probably a bit too long. There is a great undeniable humanity at the heart of the film though.
A Dostoevskian narration a la News From Home set among a world akin to The House is Black. It’s deeply philosophical, probing the depths of existential poverty. Director Aristakisyan embodies his impoverished through Jesus Christ, beginning with Nero’s persecution. Unlike most other Christian works, this exclusively focuses on the lowest rungs of society, where Jesus was known to frequent. Throughout the film, an unknown father narrates a letter to an unborn child he will never meet. Along the way, he espouses the experience of absolute poverty by way of introducing different “characters” in this destitute world. Each comes with a backstory and humanized tale. The film is quite expansive and continuous in its philosophical musings. It feels dense but is probably a bit too long. There is a great undeniable humanity at the heart of the film though.
