Gary Tooze
11/25/2004

Simplicity… a window on another world… the innocence of childhood”. A Time for Drunken Horses is a film filled with honesty, but because it is from an environment that so few can relate to, it almost appears to be intentionally extracting sympathy as we can hardly believe the plight of the characters shown before us. In reality, it instills the obvious values of family, love and perseverance, especially when any semblance of a life of normalcy is so utterly stripped away. Short, but in its sly, roundabout way it is able to touch… sneaking up on you to extract deep emotion. The brutal frankness of the film can leave you almost catatonic. I was strongly reminded of Kiarostami’s Close-up and Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Kandahar. Everyone should see ‘A Time for Drunken Horses, not for an understanding of fellow humankind, but a strong introspective look at themselves and their lifestyles.

Code: RZ0002