A man without 'nbsp' embellishment Each anthropocentric work of art, and especially a film project, is initially set a very difficult cornerstone task - to show the man of his time and in his true form. The temptation to engage in abstract moralizing or depicting cattle-like bipedal creatures is overcome by very few directors and screenwriters. Extremes are tempting and easy to execute.
Belgian artist Carl Jos was born all-encompassing drama of modern man and his place in the world of the XXI century. The topic of a mass epidemic in the cinema is not new, but in the series Cordon it turned out to be a good catalyst for the full disclosure of human relationships. Antwerp, whose views from a bird's-eye view periodically show the viewer, is a very successful plot location: the city's seaport is among the twenty largest ports in the world and is the second in Europe. Somewhere here, among millions of containers from all over the world, lurk the different threads of the global shadow economy.
The sophisticated viewer today is offered an abundance of interesting and high-quality series that can surprise, intrigue and keep in suspense both with their musical accompaniment and costumes, and with the overall saturation of the submitted picture. Cordon is definitely not going to hit anyone here. The music is almost completely absent, the narrative is slow, and the story itself does not present any great plot achievements. It doesn’t matter because we see people on the screen. Real people with real problems: from a simple single mother to the head of government.
Despite the low dynamics of the plot development and the lack of the notorious “spectacle”, the movie will definitely find its viewer. It shows the vices and virtues of modern society and each person in particular. Dialogues are not full of speeches presupposing some kind of philosophizing, but are a simple living language of the masses.
If the respected viewer is interested in reflecting on the Man and the world Mankind he built, then this picture is absolutely recommended for viewing.
What's the movie about? It's about you and me. About the man of the XXI century in his own nakedness.
10 out of 10