
A review of the directorial debut film 'A Common Story' highlights its nuanced portrayal of a couple whose emotional inexpression leads to their separation. The critic notes that unlike many exhausting relationship dramas relying on loud arguments, this film effectively utilizes silence and strong performances.
Far too often, relationship dramas devolve into screaming matches with a predictable crescendo that exhausts both actors and audiences: They’re using words, but since few writers have the caustic wit of Edward Albee, what they say is more tiresome than trenchant. Perhaps because debuting director Anna Foglietta is first an actor, she understands that silences […]
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