I was anastasia reviews6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The film does a great job of not drawing its own conclusions by saying it believes one way or another whether it was truth. This pitiless character, though an abject liar and someone who's fate wasn't known at the time of the film, is really only looking for the truth behind herself. Both succeed in holding interest until the very end, both have a happy ending that you know deep down probably didn't happen, and both are basically about the search for an identity of any kind. Looking between the two to see where one fails over the other, while the other succeeds was a tiny thrill for this film nerd. For that one reason I found this to be a sensational watch. Easy to recognize from that brief synopsis is the fact that it parallels the very flawed and wildly entertaining nineties' cartoon movie of the same name. She portrays a lonely beggar on the streets of a Russian metropolis, and is found by a disgraced general looking for an imposter to take on the supposedly dead Grand Duchess Anastasia, She is trained to meet the duchess' grandmother who lives in Amsterdam. It holds a quiet dramatic regard at the travesty of the protagonist's fate and her past without reference, but the only moments of clarity come from actress Ingrid Bergman, who steals the show. A beautiful period piece with its own eccentricities, Anastasia is fun and even frivolous at times. ![]()
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