Being confronted by a hungry wolf in the middle of winter when you're alone in the wilderness with a dying child isn't the scariest part of this film. But it's one of the only parts that makes any sense.
Not that the film itself is nonsensical, not at all. The film is astonishing. I felt like I was there, in that labour camp, alongside those women, sharing some of the most profound #metoo moments imaginable. Just that the whole thing (the perpetual warmaking, the forced labour camps, the ongoing madness of patriarchal efforts to control and dominate everything everywhere always) is so ridiculous.
A first thought might be "why are they treating those women and children like animals." Then, perhaps a second thought ... why do we treat animals like "animals"?
If you know someone in the habit of complaining, First World Style, take them to this movie. But don't tell them where you're taking them, make it a surprise. Then, after they realize how good they have it in comparison, you can tell them you know someone who knows someone who was born into that era Hungary, but she managed to escape with her family. So many didn't. She's really lucky. We're all really lucky.
Makes a person wonder what else is going on in this #metoo world, now, everyday, that we don't necessarily know about. But should. And then, with that knowing, perhaps we can complain about it, loudly, until things actually change. Before we're not so lucky anymore.
Eternal Winter screens Friday February 1st at 6:45 pm and Wednesday February 6th at 4:15 pm, at the Capitol Six. You can buy your ticket here (and one for your friend).
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