Mosh (Juan Antonio Bisono, 2019) Dominican Republic

Reviewed by Maria Loza. Viewed at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020.

Mosh is a story of struggle                                              following a young girl named

Mosh, living in the ghetto of                                       the Dominican Republic with her

cousin who deals drugs and her                            mother suffering from cancer while

Also pursuing her dream of dancing.                  This is a story of struggle and what it

Is like to grow up in poverty and crime              and mosh’s family are victims from the

Affect of needing money. Mosh obviously       disapproves of her cousin’s activity and

Tries to take him out of it but while she does that she also screws him over.Now mosh

Has her two dearest people in danger of dying. This film not only deals with themes of

Poverty but also brings up the idea of death and what happens afterlife. An interesting

Direction was chosen in             this film which was making god a woman with an

Assistant in a pineapple              suit and just being there.          It was confusing at first

Because they never say                    she is god                   until the end. She seems very

Eery because she’s very                                                         monotone and her narration is

Vague. It was confusing                                                           at first but it’s also very open 

To interpretation. I think                                                      the directors made that choice

Because the afterlife is                                                               open to interpretation. This

Story, In my opinion, has                                                          themes of dealing with your

consequences that can                                                        lead to death and pain… Or not.

Obviously, this film deals with major issues of poverty, the struggle of the poor and corruption

Seeing this film take on these themes and the concept of the afterlife was very interesting.

However, this film has deep meaning and I would recommend people to watch it.