DIRECTOR: Joachim Trier STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid, Amy Ryan, Ruby Jerins, Megan Ketch, David Strathairn, Rachel Brosnahan, Russell Posner, Harry Ford NORWAY/FRANCE/DENMARK/USA 2015
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After Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, Joachim Trier’s first two and excellent features, he’s back with this complex family drama, Louder Than Bombs. When we deal with the so called complexity of life, we randomly need to handle with feelings like anger, grief, happiness, sometimes depression, among other things. Every character in this movie has its own flaws, but in every single way there is some bravery in the form they deal with all the major setbacks in life. Richly detailed, Louder Than Bombs blends drama with refined humor, that’s perhaps Joachim Trier great achievement on this feature. We can easily place it between Bo Widerberg’s sociological approach along with John Cassavetes’ realistic and spontaneous style of filmmaking.