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Annecy Review: Trauma takes strange, startling shape in The Orbit of Minor Satellites

I've never seen a movie like The Orbit of Minor Satellites . Writer-director Chris Sullivan is much more of a multi-hyphenate than that title suggests. Throughout the credits of this fascinating and strangely touching film, I saw Sullivan's name pop up again and again. Art direction, sound recording, acting, music. That this filmmaker wore so many hats on this production makes so much sense, as this is one of those movies that you watch and you can feel the fingerprints on it, the human element that makes film (and other creative acts) so compelling. There is such a strong vision at work in The Orbit of Minor Satellites , something truly unique unfolding before your eyes. It's an acquired taste, to be sure, a movie that won't necessarily connect with everyone. But I think it's also a movie that's so easy to admire, and one that might grab you even if you don't quite land on its wavelength. I'm glad to say that I very much did land on its wavelength, and ...

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