Huwebes, Abril 25, 2013

BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD: full of loneliness, struggles & hope


This film has “a sense of childhood wonder with the harsh realities of the adult world.”

According to Wikipedia BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is a fantasy drama but for me it’s more of a social realism drama.

Nominated at the 2012 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress for  Quvenzhane Willis – the youngest nominee in Oscars’ history – BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is based on a one-act play written by Lucy Alibar entitled “Juicy & Delicious”.

A movie full of emotions with poetic approach and bombarded with the difficulties of life, BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD focuses on a 6 year old child, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) who grew up on a catastrophic part of this world. Raised by his father’s tough love, Wink (Dwight Henry) he longed for his mother and this triggered his search.

A little beast of this big universe who lived in a bath tub flooded from time to time is fierce yet fragile, strong yet innocent and aggressive yet soft-hearted. Hushpuppy carries an emotional weight heavier than the entire universe.

Director Ben Zeithlin has a great empathy with lucid & vivid imagination in film making. Truly, wisdom is inside him. (If I’m not mistaken this is Ben Zeithlin’s 1st full length movie, as “Egg”, “Origin of Electricity”, & “Glory at Sea” are all short films.)

BEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is full of loneliness, struggles and most of all hope. While there is life, there is hope – let’s hold on to this tenet.

Emotionally amazing.

Rating: 5/5

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