Best & Worst Films at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
One of international cinema's most prestigious annual events, the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (commonly known as the Berlinale) wrapped up this weekend, with Hungarian drama On Body and Soul earning the top award from a jury led by director Paul Verhoeven.
Below, we sample the reactions from film critics to that and other notable films premiering at this year's festival (including the upcoming X-Men film Logan, new features from Oren Moverman, Sally Potter, and Agnieszka Holland, and more).
The runner-up to On Body and Soul is a “graceful and deeply sympathetic piece of work,” according to Patrick Gamble of CineVue. Directed by Alain Gomis, the film follows Félicité (newcomer Vero Tshanda Beya), a singer in a bar in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, as she tries to raise money for her injured son’s leg operation. THR’s Jordan Mintzer finds it “loosely scripted, intensely performed and loaded with energy.”
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