Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen. 89 min. Documentary/Animation.
- Nominated for a unique combination of Oscars (Best International Feature, and simultaneously, Best Documentary and Best Animation), this animated film with recorded interview voiceovers interspersed with actual documentary footage, told in 5 languages (Danish, English, Dari/Afghani, Russian, and Swedish), is based on the true story of an Afghan who fled his country via Russia to Europe. Maybe such an eccentric approach is what it takes for one to so closely sympathize with a refugee, no matter from which country. The animation-documentary combo technique had previously been used in another powerful film, Waltz with Bashir (2008), but not to this extent. Watch this movie: you will never again judge a person who flees their homeland in search of shelter, and will forever laugh at the infinite impotency of social media "like"s and "heart"s and emojis and forwards, when it comes to helping people.
MoGo's rating: 8/10
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