As expected, master filmmakers both in the longstanding (Loach, Cronenberg, Reygadas, Haneke, Kiarostami) and relatively new (Matteo Garrone, Cristian Mungiu, Sergei Loznitsa) V.I.P members of...
The punishing look into incest, mental, physical, emotional abuse brought the house down and the reason why it is such a crowd pleaser is because of the film's heroine in first time actress (see pic) Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe.
Blue Valentine followed in the footsteps of Lee Daniels' Precious, in that both films began their festival life in Park City and would make their international premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes where the international critics shared the same enthusiasm for the film as the Sundance audiences did.