Featuring a dirty, low-budget aesthetic and a narrative reminiscent of a dozen films before it, Ana Asensio's Most Beautiful Island begins like a run-of-the-mill Sundance entry exploring the immigrant experience in America. Following a young immigrant woman struggling to begin a new life in New York City, Most Beautiful Island is a realist drama which divulges into genre theatrics; a film which subverts expectations at every turn. Much of the film's tension is built around the mysterious nature of its narrative intentions, one's which seem one step ahead of the viewer, leaving one with a feeling of uncertainty about the film's intentions right up until the very last frame. Most Beautiful Island relies on one's imagination, and the built into preconceived notions that accompany it to drive engagement; a film that slowly reveals itself as a story about migrant exploitation, yet the way it arrives there feels uniquely fresh due to its clever narrative and meditative finale. A playful subversion of the low-budget migrant story, Ana Asensio's Most Beautiful Island manages to be more resonant than most drama's detailing in similar issues; a testament to a narrative which isn't afraid to play in genre to deliver is thematic assertions.
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