One of the images opening Grand Tour, the sixth feature by Portuguese master Miguel Gomes, is that of an Asian puppet theatre where two figures (one male, the other female) dance shoulder to shoulder but never touch – such a modest, yet concise and all-encompassing statement of what we are about to witness over the next two hours, both in terms of narrative and storytelling. A film whose beauty is hard to put into words – and I feel that whatever I write here won't do it justice; perhaps, these words spoken by a Japanese monk at one point might describe it best: “Abandon yourself to the world; you will see how generous it is.”

Flavia Dima

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Film critic & journalist. Collaborates with local and international outlets, programs a short film festival - BIEFF, does occasional moderating gigs and is working on a PhD thesis about home movies. At Films in Frame, she writes the monthly editorial - The State of Cinema and is the magazine's main festival reporter.

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