Day 8: Live from Cannes: Man vs. Nature occurs in the ‘Delta’

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With nature overwhelming taking over the frame, comparisons to Terrence Malick’s work are inevitable and justified for this Hungarian feature by Kornel Mundruczó. This mid day screening (one day late) screening for Delta caught me by surprise – ugliness and beauty co-exist here. In this film and I imagine in far away scapes like the setting of this picture, such issues like rape and incest come without consequences – almost normalized course of human nature. The ugliness is then outmatched by great cinematography capturing the weather patterns, canoed surroundings, long grass. [Note: Full review coming soon].

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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