A powerful film produces personal resonance. It has emotional poignancy, cultural pertinence, and perhaps provokes one intellectually. Rarely have I watched such a movie and said, “I connect with this. I have experienced this.” Even more rarely have I watched a movie and said, “I connect with this. But I have not experienced this.”

"As a newcomer to Costa’s work who had read some of these praises and criticisms prior to watching the film, I felt like I knew what I was in for, or would at least have somewhat of a head start with understanding the film. Boy was I wrong."

The truths of the world are as interesting and as strange as fiction.