What works about Athena is how these things merge into a grander story like the cries of its rebels or the heavily armored police retaliating against them, every little bit is part of a more momentous whole. It’s truly impossible to separate out the best part of the movie - is it the performances of Sami Slimane and Dali Benssalah as Karim and Abdel, two brothers each struggling with their youngest brother’s death? The long tracking shots director Romain Gavras expertly utilizes to mount the tension in every scene? The arch soundtrack? Or maybe it’s just the beauty of every frame, capturing a neighborhood in revolt, intent on waging war against the police to make themselves heard. Cast: Sami Slimane, Dali Benssalah, Ouassini EmbarekĪthena is the very definition of a movie firing on every cylinder.
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