Movie Review: Anne Frankie(2024)

Beautiful, touching and a well done film based on the Russian novel. A film adaptation of () directed by Joe Wright Written by Tom Stoppard and Lev Tolstoy. Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

The film is engaging to watch. Gives a theatre feeling that everything is stage but also balancing with the realism. How the cuts were planned making the scene changes feel smooth. The way the film was filmed, it gave the sense of we are watching a theatre play but we see all of the actions as if we are in a whole different location. It is filmed more in a child like view, with the bold colours and of course, how it is filmed. It is a whole new world that the director has put us in and put in the creative side of film making. Each set is different and we are never on the stage. We are the viewer and we engage and experience what some of the characters experience right now.

The performance were all touching and heart breaking. It was overly dramatic and the subtlety of a sudden change in a character. There was always something going on. Knightley's performance from the beginning of a bright lady who meets this Russian solider who she becomes a mistress. We see and admire their happiness where in the end, we see her slowly falling and commit suicide. Her performance throughout was touching, loving but also filled with sorrow and anger.

The film over all was a masterpiece which I will revisit again. It is filled with romance, betrayal and drama that one experiences.