I happenned to catch this wonderful black comedy, www dot whatawonderful world at the Osian's in Mumbai. The film has been directed by an Arab director, Faouzi Benzaidi.
Before reaching the venue I was hearing all kinds of stories about the film being bad. Until I realised that a few smart chaps were dissuading the public to enter the arena so that they get the seats!! very smart! thank God I used my mind.
By the time I reached the minitheatre I was told that there is no seat. No one was allowed to sit on the stairs as was the norm with the festival audience. Still, I manoevered my way into the theatre, pulling a few strings here and there. A few people kept screeching at the poor guard. A few of my friends who wanted to catch this film, missed it. I wonder why do the organizers screen a wanted film in mini theatres? Its not once but at all the film festivals!! I hope the next time they do a survey before deciding on the venues.
www. is a story between a gunman [kamel] and a traffic controller [kenza]. But its not just the love story but a multilayered, black comedy, which digresses from love to the society and their norms and their mindsets.
Love though plays a prominent character in pushing the story forward. Loves shown in www is very visual and captivating so much that you can SEE LOVE, without hearing it
The hit man, Kamel is the director Ben zaidi himself and I must congratulate him on his visual skills. The scene where the boy and girl meet for the first time and the girl feels the lighting and i t starts to rain and as she joins the crowd we see the rain solely falling on her. The russian and tilted camera shots of her controlling the traffic in slow motion, are transcendent. Its like time stops for a few seconds, which generally happens in a few marvellous scenes like the love making scene in GHOST. But here in what a wonderful world,despite no one making love or talking about it, the time manages to stop. Its that powerful.
The multilayers pour in together with an unexpected ending.
I believe every cinema lover shouldn't miss this beautiful piece of love.
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