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Camera (2024)

🎬 Directed by: Jay Silverman
🗓️ Released: 2024
👀 Watched: Jan 01, 2025
🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 stars)
🍿 URL: Letterboxd
MAKE EVERY FRAME COUNT. Oscar, a nine-year-old boy who is unable to speak, struggles to adapt in the small fishing town he has just moved to with his widowed, hard-working mother Evelyn. Because of a broken film format camera, an unlikely friendship develops between Oscar and kindly workshop owner Eric.

My Review

I saw it as a story about the transformative nature of photography, but covered in so much syrup that I couldn't breath. There's such a thing as too much sentimentality, and this film is a case study.