This World Won't Break (2019)

This World Won’t Break: Directed by Josh David Jordan. With Greg Schroeder, Roxanna Redfoot, Matthew Posey, Mitchell Parrack. A broke-down middle aged Texas troubadour yearns to be remembered like the southern bluesmen before him, but his failings and self-doubt forestall his musical dreams and blind him to the open road.

“You better take a box of Kleenex with you to the screening of #TheLightBetweenOceans because youu0026#39;re going to need it, trust me. Heartbreaking pretty much encapsulates the entirety of this film which from the start aims to drive its point home on an emotional level. Based on M.L. Stedmanu0026#39;s best-selling novel, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown, and Jack Thompson, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS is essentially about a lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia and they raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat. But years later, the lighthouse keeper and his wife encounter the real mother of that baby. Should they go on with their lie and keep their child or do they tell the truth and risk losing her forever? Iu0026#39;ve never been a parent, so I donu0026#39;t know what it feels like, because I can only imagine that the fear or anxiety of the possibility of losing your child through any circumstance crosses the minds of every parent who wouldnu0026#39;t want such misfortune befalls them. In this case, it cuts even deeper because itu0026#39;s about miscarriage, to have that happen to a woman whose dream is to become a mother, itu0026#39;s the worst nightmare for her. In THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, I think Alicia Vikander plays that with such strong conviction and ferocity, so much so that even though you know her character is doing something wrong, a part of you wants her to get away with this act, because Vikander has made you feel sorrowful for what her character has gone through. Itu0026#39;s a remarkable performance for a woman who won Oscar for last yearu0026#39;s u0026quot;The Danish Girl,u0026quot; you see THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS and youu0026#39;ll immediately understand exactly why she deserves that statuette. And Michael Fassbender plays the lighthouse keeper husband with a conscience, the film does deal with fate, love, moral dilemmas, and how far youu0026#39;re willing to go to get your dreams realized after having previously seen them crushed a few times, what secrets would you keep to make those dreams realized and so Fassbenderu0026#39;s moral compass keeps bugging him. Fassbender is so gentle and sturdy and calmed in this film. If youu0026#39;ve seen director Derek Cianfranceu0026#39;s previous films, u0026quot;Blue Valentineu0026quot; and u0026quot;The Place Beyond The Pines,u0026quot; youu0026#39;d know that Cianfrance is not one to shy away from couplesu0026#39; confrontations, itu0026#39;s as if he wants his actors to really unleash their strongest resentment possible, so when conflict arises between Vikanderu0026#39;s character and Fassbenderu0026#39;s character or between Vikander and Rachel Weiszu0026#39;s character, itu0026#39;s so real and ugly that you wouldnu0026#39;t want to get in the middle of it otherwise they might come at you as well. The cinematography for this film is exquisite, such a beautifully designed, beautifully shot film, not to mention composer Alexandre Desplatu0026#39;s music, his emphasis on piano, that makes the emotional journey of these characters all the more deeply affecting. THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS guarantees to tug at the heartstrings. — Ramau0026#39;s Screen –“