Movies from 2017 you need to watch3/16/2024 ![]() WHITE SUN Set in the wake of the Nepal civil war, “ White Sun” turns on a series of fraught, at times violent oppositions that emerge after the death of a village paterfamilias. Despite all the feathery swooping and gunning motors, the flashing gold and pounding sun, these immaculately framed, balanced and photographed images have a tableaulike quality, characterized by a stillness (perhaps cultural or situational) that suggests a memento mori. ![]() Throughout, women are notable by their absence. In one scene, men sit in tents next to enormous monitors showing a falconry contest in which falcons chase down other birds while they in turn are chased by still other men. Ancarani’s calm, fixed gaze serves as its own commentary, whether it’s trained on dozens of S.U.V.s massing in the desert or on men lovingly tending to their falcons.
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