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‘Xoftex’ Review: Noaz Deshe’s Delirious Refugee Story Captures The Eternal Disorientation Of The Stateless Mind – Karlovy Vary
‘Xoftex’ review: Noaz Deshe’s delirious refugee story captures the eternal disorientation of the stateless mind – Karlovy Vary
It wouldn’t be a film festival without at least one timely, harrowing emigrant story, but just when you might think the stylistic possibilities have been exhausted — from documentary, to vérité-style fiction and occasionally a dash of deadpan comedy (like Ben Sharrock’s wonderful Limbo, 2020) — along comes Noaz Deshe’s audacious, delirious feature Xoftex. Perhaps too out-there in its concepts and execution for mainstream crossover, Deshe’s film should pick up steam on the arthouse circuit, offering an unorthodox, often oblique, but emotionally powerful attempt to recreate onscreen the disorientation of the stateless mind. It also briefly digresses into the brutal factuality of leaving, introducing us to the people smuggler who, for a fee, will stow escapees on trains bound for the Balkans, offering them tips on how to avoid being maimed by flying stones and repel the attentions of border-control sniffer dogs.
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