There was once... - and here it is again and again. Ms Mago starts an innocent enough investigation and comes up with - the truth. No explosions, no spectacular deductions, no car chases. But the elephant in the room is unmasked, things we should have always known but chose to ignore for six decades are revealed. Kalman and Mago came just in the nick of time, before we could feign innocence, blame distant powers and adverse circumstances, and close a chapter with smug self-satisfaction. In light of events unfolding in the very country the film takes place in, this film draws some frightening parallels. "There was once..." is a brave look in the mirror. Open your eyes...
Review of There Was Once...
