Before Spring

BVFF 2023 | "Three young men bathe and swim ashore in the mighty Brahmaputra,put on clothes and walk away, one of them picking up a discarded shirt from the river bank. This drone capture of an everyday routine is how filmmaker Shrutismriti Changkakoti welcomes us to her world of Before Spring, but this is no mere introduction; we realise later that it’s a wonderful metaphor for the story she is about to tell, and when that aerial angle comes around towards the end to complete a circle, you are pushed to tears. The tenderly captured Assamese film Before Spring is a poignant tale about escaping realities, written with a lot of empathy for the characters the story chooses to follow." Here's my full review: https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/bvff-2023-before-spring-movie-review-a-poignant-tale-of-tender-hearts-fighting-to-escape-realities/article67654961.ece