While I was watching the film I did not talk. When it was over I could not move, I felt completely frozen solid. The Tribe is not a movie that someone can forget the next day and it certainly requires attention. It is one of the films that leave you speechless because of their raw honesty, terrifying atmosphere and unique cinematography. Indeed, words are superfluous in this case. The Tribe delivers an original point of view and a powerful impact on the soul of the viewer. The director has made an unmatched achievement, in which music is not needed, voice recording is not needed. As paradoxical as it sounds the transaction that haunt us is the single sound of the door that slaps. Additionally, this movie has some very difficult to watch scenes. The harshness in which the story and the heroes evolve is indisputable, as there are some infrequent scenes of violence or pain. Powerful, straightforward and a testimony for a grouping of people that we come to understand rarely or never through the movies it describe better than anything else their story-only with them, the light and space-. Last but not least I believe, in contrast with some other reviewers, that this film stands up for its protagonists and that the director made a successful experiment, which theoretically is a new era in cinema today, trying to portray something different, with sensitivity and in contradiction with profitable cinematography and popular success stories. This film is about life itself and the need for survival and love. A little detail in the analysis of the frames is that camera never reach its actors with close-up. All frames include whole-body shots or waist. Hard light, hidden faces, angle from behind their back, we never watch their faces, their face characteristics and details from close enough to "observe them". Even in love scenes we watch their face expressions but mostly their body. The dynamic of the body is their way of communication and it has a symbolic role in the events. With this act, the distance of deaf-mute people and the part of the people that can hear or/and talk is translated into a cinematic angle which transfers feelings of isolation and loss better than any other way, making us feel and listen again for a first time.

I was so looking forward to this! The trailer looked amazing and the hype and general consensus was that The Tribe was incredible. My word. I was so bored! So many components were poorly executed. The acting in general is quite bad, with a few minor exceptions, but I really think the directing makes it seem even worse than it is. The fight scenes are done with, what seems like no effort at all. I couldn't figure out the first fight. Were they trying some moves out for a school play. Some choreography the kids came up with in between classes. That's how it came off to me. The punches certainly don't actually make any contact. The sex scenes are so unrealistic. I mean they're not even close to each other, unless he's very well endowed (which he's not). The plot seems to have many holes in it as well. Where did all the adults go? Are all the truck drivers deaf and mute as well? Too many to list here. I understand it's quite an achievement to make a film with no dialogue whatsoever, and I think it had potential. The cinematography is pretty well done and the general overtone of the film has merit. The Tribe is a film I had high hopes for and was definitely looking forward to, but I just can't see what others are seeing. http://www.filmnotion.com/

A young man arrives at a new boarding school, but his attempts to fit in are thwarted by the criminal element ingrained in his classmates. A brief initiation brawl leads to his inclusion into the family and soon he's stealing, scamming and mugging alongside his new friends. It's not long before he's promoted to the role of pimp and guardian to two female students who sell their bodies for cash at truck stops. When he falls for one of the girls his job grows trickier, leading to an unavoidably violent conflict with his partners in crime........What could have been nothing more than a gimmick to make a movie seem more prolific than it is, makes hearing impairment an almost real character in the film, as the makers show us it's advantages and disadvantages to the protagonists/antagonists.And it's one of the most difficult films to watch that I've seen in a long time. Not because of the films violence, I've seen enough films containing graphic images that I've become slightly numb to on screen violence, it's because the content of the film is so dirty, so real, and the depiction of the Ukraine in this movie makes it seem to be one of the most I inviting places you'll never want to visit.He film has tragedy written all over it from the moment the credits start, and I cannot understand sign language in the slightest, but I knew and understood everything in the narrative, because of body language, the films claustrophobic feel, and long lingering shots that flood the film on many occasion.The camera never shy's away from anything that is happening on screen, it can't, because there is no soundtrack, no subtitles, no voice over. The only thing we hear are crunching of bones, the lighting of cigarettes, and the erratic breathing of the cast.The final third of the film is almost unbearable to watch, as the narratives world comes crashing down around everyone, and the disadvantages of hearing impairment is used in an almost exploitative way to end the film.It's a triumph though for the makers, and the cast, to make a film as gripping and as intense as this, and use only sign language is a work of genius.But it's not a film that I will quickly go back to, as it's a very bleak view of peer pressure when having a disability.Would make a really interesting double bill with Come and See......if you had the bottle to do so.I certainly couldn't.

I think anybody who appreciates cinema will be applauding the director of this movie for giving us something truly unique. For a two hour film to keep someone gripped, without any spoken dialogue or subtitles to guide us, shows the power of the good old fashioned visual storytelling. The movie tells the brutal story of a boy trying to fit in, in a boarding school for the deaf. Graphic sex scenes, brutal violence, and an overwhelming sense of dread, combine to make this a very uncomfortable viewing experience. Unfortunately i felt some scenes were dragged out unnecessarily, which prevented it from being the masterpiece thats said to be. I think cutting it shorter than 2 hours would have greatly benefited it, because there were a few occasions where the specific scene made its point, but hung around longer than its welcome. Not a masterpiece, but certainly an intriguing and unique look into the future of film making!