Rokon (S01E06)

This is a directing masterclass, no irony in that. Or how the Bosnian director of award-winning festival dramas came up with one of the best episodes of an A-series (so far). It has a completely different feel from the previous episodes. The cinematography goes into more detail, making full use of the snowy scenery, the actors are subdued, and the stark dialogue lets the emotions bubble up through the lids of the morose faces. Then when it spills over (the workshop, the children's room) and comes crashing down on the viewer like an avalanche. It’s an intense and exhausting experience in the best sense. (2023.02.21)

A solitary journey across a wild and unpredictable landscape, interspersed in the second half with a strange communist village full of weird rules, and a sequence of events that brings the two main characters to a potential crossroads. Minimalistic, sparing in acting, yet very intense. (2023.07.24)