Standing Aside, Watching

Standing Aside, Watching seems easily comparable to a Western – we have a sparse and beautifully shot landscape coupled with an overwhelming sense of dread, an outsider whose actions see the seemingly placid township reveal its sinister underbelly, an intentionally slow pace building to a violent climax – but director Yorgos Servetas seems more in debt to Haneke than Ford, his feature a cutting look at modern Greek society through the eyes of a woman who refuses to sit idly by.

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