"Leaf also takes up Summer's most memorable trait: its aesthetic. Shot on a Sony Ericsson W595, the same circa 2008 cellphone used for that earlier film, Dry Leaf unfolds in a lo-fi haze, its finer visual details lost in impressionistic images of the natural world that at times resemble paintings more than early digital video. Besides lending the movie a rich, uniquely textured look, it also imbues its plot-in"
"searches the villages of rural Georgia for his missing daughter-with a vaguely mystical sense that the film isn't about locating a lost woman, but finding personal peace in an ever-changing world. With the help of an invisible partner (a not-uncommon Koberidze trope) and a list of abandoned soccer fields his daughter had recently photographed, Irakli sets off across the countryside where he meets a variety of kids and locals who, through their anecdotes and testimonies, speak to a generational sea-change"
Dry Leaf (2021) is Alexandre Koberidze's third feature, a 216-minute meditative road trip that refines his magical-realist, lo-fi sensibility. The film is shot on a circa 2008 Sony Ericsson W595, producing impressionistic, painting-like images that soften detail and texture the natural world. The narrative follows middle-aged Irakli (David Koberidze) as he searches rural Georgian villages for his missing daughter, guided by an invisible partner and a list of abandoned soccer fields she photographed. Encounters with children and locals reveal generational change in depopulated regions while the journey emphasizes small wonders and the pursuit of personal peace.
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