The Hand of God2021

“I don’t like life anymore. Reality is lousy. I want an imaginary life. That’s why I want to make films”  There’s enough coming-off age story that repeats the same cycle all over again. But the beauty of “The hand of god” lies not only in protagonist but what surrounds his life throughout. Usually in such films we see protagonist trying hard to do what he want to do, he’s always failing, some or the other not supporting him and those romantic cliches in between. “The hand of god” totally unlearn those cliches masterfully and tells the story as organically as possible, almost as if we are watching the documentary of his life with joy and sorrow. The supporting characters that affects him, the way he starts seeing life in a different way just because of what is happening in others lives and also in his own, all of it just naturally happens as he’s setting his path to reach his destination which is doing what he always wanted to do. There’s a hand of god in everything that happens in his life and also to others around him.  Some of the things that happen initially comes back to change the fate of few characters totally. The way legendary player Maradona impacts the whole family and also has a hand in the most important part of the protagonist’s life. So many unexpected events (Good and bad - one of it super weirdly unexpected, can’t put it in neither good or bad category) takes place and that’s absolutely what taught the protagonist to find his way in life.  A poignant masterpiece and one of the best looking films I have seen this year.