The Better Angels (2014)

The Better Angels: Directed by A.J. Edwards. With Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley. The story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.

“Not really, especially if you watched this without having a clue who the young boy is supposed to be. It could be just any story about any young boy growing up. But itu0026#39;s not. Itu0026#39;s young Abe Lincoln, something you could completely miss, like I did. Which happens because I do watch movies without reading up on them. So while it was obvious this was going to be a black and white film, I didnu0026#39;t know what it was about. It played at the Festival in Berlin, which does not always says a lot about the quality of the movie itself, but I tried.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd I wasnu0026#39;t disappointed by the story of this boy. A story that is interesting in itself, but would not allow any conclusions about where this boy would go. Something people obviously did ask the director too, who was present at the screening. A very interesting stylised form, of a story of a man/boy you might not have heard/read yet …”