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Michael Atkinson recommended The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) in Movies (curated)

 
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
1928 | Biography, Drama, History
8.4 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Kiarostami’s world-beating mystery is less about method and meta than the filmmaker usually prefers, but the immediacy of its peril and intimacy of its reality are pure soul glue. Such is the film’s veracity that I didn’t see the three-part schematic construction of it until I’d seen it four times, by which point it ceased to make a difference. The ending, for simply being itself without apologies, is peerless."

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ClareR (6230 KP) rated The Great Divide in Books

May 19, 2026  
The Great Divide
The Great Divide
Cristina Henriquez | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
My attention was attracted by the cover, I was interested by the synopsis and I stuck around for the great story!

I admit, I knew next to nothing about the construction of the Panama Canal, and if this book had been solely about that, I doubt I would have picked it up at all 🤷🏼‍♀️ However, The Great Divide is about how the Canal affected the people: those for it, those against it, and those just trying to survive. The US, who funded the construction, are barely mentioned. This is about the Panamanians and those from Caribbean countries who travelled to Panama to find work. And I really enjoyed reading about them all.

There are characters who have overcome hardship, those who have travelled and left family behind, and the attitude of the white men who ran the construction process.

This is a character heavy novel - there are a lot of people in it, and they’re all introduced at the beginning, one chapter at a time. It’s worth the concentration and the time - and at no point did I get confused with the characters. I really enjoyed their backstories. I learnt about their lives, superstitions, beliefs and I was reluctant to let them go at the end.

It was refreshing not to read about the “great white saviours” (the US and French financiers and engineers) and instead concentrate on the impact of their actions. And what gripped me the most, was the tenacity of the workers.