Blue Bayou - Choice
Thoughts On: Blue Bayou (2021)
A struggling family are threatened to be torn apart when the father faces deportation.
Astoundingly heart-breaking, Blue Bayou is one of the most intensely genuine pieces of cinema I have come across in a very long time. A dramatic masterpiece of character and understanding, it brings us into the life of a good man crushed by injustice that nonetheless stands strong as an indefatigable icon of moral character. A film about choice, about choice being stripped away from your fingers, about the existential mire of not being able to choose, about the humanity of choosing your people and the right thing to do, this had me in tatters with its conclusion. There's not much more that I can put together to say on Blue Bayou other than to assure that it has my highest praises in very single respect as a new personal favourite. A perfect film.
