This is a very slow moving film in which everyone speaks in whispered voices. There is sparse dialog, a lot of staring at one another and lots of shots of gold embroidery thread being sewn on to caftans. The theme is one of different types of love, but the film is so predictable, that even the end comes as no surprise. Many of the scenes are irrelevant and the slow, dream like scenes becoming boring after a while. If there's a story to be told, get on with the business of telling it! Scene after scene where very little happens isn't the way to do that. The acting is average for the culture but the constant whispering becomes old very quickly.
Review of The Blue Caftan
