near silent past

an excellent more or less silent film.

a group/tribe of prehistoric people keep fire going in a lantern made of bones. this fire they use to start fire for cooking and keeping warm. when it accidentally is extinguished they send 3 members out to find or steal fire again and bring it back. along the way we meet 3 more distinctly different groups including a cannibal group and a group that seems mostly interested in sex and laughter. this last group they meet through a girl that had been captured by the cannibals and set free in a failed attempt to get fire from the cannibals. this ultimately leads to a love story and interestingly 'new technologies'. its a cute and clever movie and considering all of this is done with no dialog its somewhat of a monumental feat. the tribes do communicate in their own dialects but as a view this is not translated. it is by no means a problem, rather its remains interesting throughout.

a truly great film. excellent way to spend hours watching.

(10/10)

10/10