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‘Waterdrop’ Review: A Rape Allegation Kicks Off a Probing Examination of Corruption and Impunity in Gripping Drama
Albania’s Oscar entry offers a #MeToo tale that breaks down how nice boys turn into monstrous men.
In her work, she’s used to charming (and sometimes bribing) foreign investors to do her bidding, to sign the many building contracts that allow her and her husband Ilir (Arben Bajraktaraj) to live a moneyed, carefree life in the small town they’ve made their home. Awash in the world of accounts owed and settled, on petty rivalries and brokered alliances, Aida immediately assumes foul play: Someone must be framing him in hopes of icing her and Ilir out from the lucrative deal they’ve just signed. Throughout, “Waterdrop” marries a straightforward naturalism with more elliptical stylistic flourishes — in dialogue, as when we’re treated to a myth about Lake Ohrid during a business meeting, as well as in imagery, as when off-camera conversations score shots from above of fish being deboned on the plate during a luncheon.
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