Grief is an emotional trial without shape or structure. Certain self-help books may speak tidily of its stages, but the mourning process can be as long as a piece of string, and no less prone to knotting and looping. That irregularity is something that “Tonio” understands well: Based on acclaimed Dutch novelist Adri van der Heijden’s account of surviving the death of his 21-year-old son, Paula van der Oest’s film thoughtfully reflects the shattered psyche of its characters in its restless, non-linear timeline and oblique, artfully sawn-off scene construction. Where it falters, however, is in its rather misty sense of who these people were before their lives were disassembled by one late-night traffic accident. Easy as it is to tearfully empathize with their plight in a universal sense, the human specifics of the tragedy are less vivid.
Still, “Tonio’s” frequently arresting style and unabashed tear-jerking skills should...
Still, “Tonio’s” frequently arresting style and unabashed tear-jerking skills should...
- 12/15/2016
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety - Film News
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