REVIEW: Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira [The Gentle Indifference of the World][2018]

Only love is real. Sometimes it isn’t enough to simply portray the type of eternal love that Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet. Watching two star-crossed lovers attempt to fight the injustices of this world to be together only to sacrifice themselves can still ring hollow because it’s hinged upon the naiveté of children not looking for another solution regardless of whether the result would be the same. To take the poison is to admit defeat against the external forces proving too strong to combat. Love therefore becomes our sole…

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