‘The Wave’ Review: Sebastián Lelio’s Audacious Fourth Wall-Breaking Musical Mostly Hits All the Right Notes [Cannes]
CANNES – A musical inspired by the 2018 feminist protests in Chile that included many students, Sebastián Lelio’s fascinating and frequently vibrant new film “La Ola (The Wave)” is unlike most anything he has done before. If you were to look through his recent filmography, which includes everything from the confined thriller of sorts “The Wonder” to the acclaimed drama “A Fantastic Woman,” you wouldn’t see him as one to take on a project like this. Continue reading ‘The Wave’ Review: Sebastián Lelio’s Audacious Fourth Wall-Breaking Musical Mostly Hits All the Right Notes [Cannes] at The Playlist.
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CANNES – A musical inspired by the 2018 feminist protests in Chile that included many students, Sebastián Lelio’s fascinating and frequently vibrant new film “La Ola (The Wave)” is unlike most anything he has done before. If you were to look through his recent filmography, which includes everything from the confined thriller of sorts “The Wonder” to the acclaimed drama “A Fantastic Woman,” you wouldn’t see him as one to take on a project like this.
