Beyond the Clouds is a typical Majid Majidi film that embarks on a bold and often beautiful journey. The story is built on characters whose poverty denies them justice. It captures the turbulent rush of thoughts when that sense of evil inside you is starkly juxtaposed with the genuine call for doing good. Majidi being able to pull off such complexities, always keeping a step ahead of melodrama - is absolutely mesmerising. Redemption is not an easy process after all. Anil Mehta's excellent cinematography and A R Rahman's fairly good score breathes life into Majidi's vision. As you watch this movie, be prepared to get out of your comfort zone and have a taste of otherworldliness. And if you are an avid reader, the climax will certainly make you smile.
Two brothers fight, one dies, the other escapes. To a deserted forest area. Only to be found by an old man who lives alone with his dog. The killer does not speak a word until the movie ends. The old man speaks, but not so much. Two police men come to him to ask if he had noticed anything around, of late. He says no. Because no body speaks, and in the climax you see the old man in jail, you are forced to assume that the old man goes to jail instead of the killer. But how? Nobody knows. T he landscape clearly suggests that the movie is shot in Mont Rigi, Belgium. Unfortunately, there is not much this movie can offer you apart from Mont Rigi. Johan Leysen acts really well, no doubt on that. But just because you pace the movie really slow, it would not necessarily make the cut to being an art film.