Wednesday at PIFF
I've stopped thinking of posting as a process of writing a review of a movie, because I'm just so irate now, I refuse to give any benefit to whomever it is running the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF). The volunteers smacked into a new low this afternnon: the two volunteers running the Korean subtitles fell asleep, and the movie and subtitles were running out of sync. Someone in the audience had to awaken them.
But, the movie was charming in an old-fashioned way, replete with pastoral scenes and folksy humor. Turmoil examines how democracy affects an isolated Kazakh village in the post-Soviet period. After ousting the former leader who ruled for 30 years, a woman becomes headperson. Zhake, the ousted headperson, after initially balking, accepts his rival's gracious offer to fill in as town librarian. His supporters don't know how to accept it, but Zhake adjusts. Other minor officials ignore the political winds, and the new headperson takes charge. Zhake has to find a way to be useful in the modern world beyond his old office. Ironically, life in the village goes on.
It's not the best film I've seen, nor the worst. It's just the least of my choices, but in a bad festival year still informative and optimistic.
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