The Voice of Hind Rajab
While the heartbreaking true story of Hind Rajab’s final moments is an important story to tell, the depiction of the call center felt seriously over-dramatized in a way that came off as unrealistic. As E states, stretching out this one story into a single movie felt thin. While it’s obviously a hugely relevant film to current geopolitics, No Other Choice was a much better movie and more deserving of the International nomination than the Voice of Hind Rajab.
-Z
I’m just not quite sure there was enough content for this to be a movie. An exploration of a Palestinian Red Crescent call center, where this is just one of the stories, might have worked better in several respects, but I understand that wasn’t the point here. The story just felt very repetitive and, I hate to say, overly emotional to the point where it just felt unrealistic. However, the way they wove in some original footage and sound was very well done, which boosts my rating a bit here.
-E
As time has gone on with this film, the more I seemed to appreciate it. I know it has some different parallels to other true stories doing the real within the fictionalization, but I think this film did a really good job of it. Also, the acting was great along with obviously a horrific story. I do believe this deserves to be nominated, but I do not think it is the best film, but will most likely win. If you are a cinema watcher who likes foreign films, you definitely need to see this.
-J
