Shame and Money movie review: Visar Morina’s realist drama on economic disparity hits hard | Sundance Film Festival
Shame and Money movie review Cast: Astrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Kumrije Hoxha, Fiona Gllavica, Alban Ukaj Director: Visar Morina Star rating: ★★★★ Kosovan filmmaker Visar Morina’s Shame and Money plays out like a searing indictment of the economic disparity that has become so palpably real in the world today. This is a story about the crushing indignities, daily struggles and the systemic dismantling of a working-class family forced to confront their realities every single day. How much more can they possibly endure until they break? Wrenching and told with confidence, Shame and Money plays out like a moral anticapitalist thriller. (Also read: A mother fights the system to protect and preserve a mountain in unforgettable doc | Sundance Film Festival review) Shame and Money won the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The premise Morina’s third feature, after Babai and Exil, begins like a slow-burner. At the dinner table, the lines are drawn. Shaban (Astrit Kabashi) and Hatixhe (Flonja Kodheli) are the ones reeling with the consequences after a heated exchange with the …
