The Year of the Everlasting Storm

Name: The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Released: September 3, 2021
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 72

2021

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Neon | Release Date: September 3, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.

Director: Anthony Chen and Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Dominga Sotomayor Castillo and Jafar Panahi and Laura Poitras and Malik Vitthal

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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IndieWire Robert Daniels

Sep 3, 2021

The seven filmmakers at the center of “The Year of the Everlasting Storm” do give a slash of cathartic release, a dash of humor and a large batch of necessary pathos to make the world feel a little less lonely, a little less small. Read full review

Steve Pond

Aug 25, 2021

Everlasting Storm is an anthology film that is as uneven as most anthology films, but one that offers a disquieting and essential snapshot of the time from which we hope we’re emerging. Like the lockdown itself, it can be a slog and it can be a kick. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Aug 31, 2021

Here we have seven escape routes, each one reconnecting us to a world inevitably transformed by the pandemic — a world where art lives on. Read full review

The Playlist Charles Bramesco

Aug 25, 2021

The thread connecting the finest shorts — Panahi, Poitras, and Joe — is adaptation, the willingness to alter form to match the challenge at hand. Those able to refit their already-developed technique to a new set of standards don’t just get the best results. In their undaunted, humble determination to continue, they embody the present zeitgeist with more fidelity than a thousand post-mortems. Read full review

Deborah Young

Aug 31, 2021

Its bow in Cannes in the Special Screenings sidebar is amply justified by two whimsical exercises in art house cinema directed by Jafar Panahi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The other tales are quirky but mixed in impact. Read full review

The Film Stage Luke Hicks

Jul 21, 2021

If The Year of the Everlasting Storm isn’t exempt from the typical disjointedness of portmanteau films, it yields more coherency than its kin. With so many disparate works included, the experience becomes an intriguing exercise in cinematographic range and creative perspectives on the most globally unifying trauma in human history. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 2, 2021

The omnibus film The Year of the Everlasting Storm assembles pandemic-made shorts from around the globe. But with just two decent segments out of seven, this anthology uncannily replicates the sensation of feeling trapped. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Oct 18, 2021

Perhaps it could have a more important and relevant reading if it were not for the fact that everyone is experiencing the same pandemic, although obviously everyone's doing it in different ways.

All the segments have their own vision and as in any anthology some are better than the others,Perhaps it could have a more important and relevant reading if it were not for the fact that everyone is experiencing the same pandemic, although obviously everyone's doing it in different ways.

All the segments have their own vision and as in any anthology some are better than the others, it's inevitable.
It's still interesting, but this is a very narrow art perspective.… Expand

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