Review of The Trader

The Trader (2018)
A one sided view from an observer
30 December 2018
This film follows a trader who goes to rural villages in Georgia to trade goods for potatoes.

I'm not sure what the point of the documentary is. It shows people asking prices of various goods, and at times bargaining with the trader. The only shot worth watching is the one with the old woman who wants to buy a grater. She evokes sympathy. The rest of the shots don't evoke anything. If they interviewed the villagers, and ask them their point of view regarding the trades, and also talk about their lives, the documentary would have been more interesting. Currently it is only a one sided view from an observer.
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