
obnoxious Indian-set drama. The film—the latest from Iranian co-writer/director Majid Majidi ("Baran," "Children of Heaven")—certainly
looks good thanks to cinematographer Anil Mehta's typically
gorgeous presentation of Mumbai's crowded streets and labyrinthine back
alleys. But Mehta's visual compositions are dissatisfying after a point,
mostly because the pseudo-mystical, live-and-let-live philosophy they
espouse doesn't ring true when applied to a story about poor people
struggling to transcend their treacherous living conditions.
Beyond the Clouds (2017)