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The One I Love.

Feels like I spent five years in the French countryside which is both brilliant as immersive documentary-making and really fucking boring in every other way.

There comes a moment halfway through when a woman moves stoically toward a dining table and plunges a knife into her throat. I sympathise.

Shangri-La is perfect short-form cinema, encapsulating the conflicted romance of one of my favourite films ever, Lingua Franca. Sandoval's delivery is exquisite, and the whole thing quakes with beauty. Can't wait for her next feature!