in the german post-holocaust trauma film the phoenix rises by imitation. she finds her own self by pretending to be be herself. her husband who betrayed her helps her become her self again. she walks out at the end.
tangerine lives in a perpetual periphery- a space of constant desire to become fixed and stable. the film celebrates these tawdry spaces- between man and woman, between family and freedom, between city and suburb with a playful eroticism.
half-man trying to grow. a sentimental story about a controlling mother, a tired father, a loving sister, a betraying lover- the formula is pretty predictable. and of course everyone leaves- some die, some disappear. kanga plays himself as a child and as an adult. this might have been interesting if the filmmaker took the cliche driven narrative and pushed up the melodrama. unfortunately, it is tv drama at its most ordinary.
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