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"In essence, Sonatine is an exercise in rhythm and movement and in the evocative potentialities of sound, properties frequently rendered unnoticeable by the psychologized nature of conventional narratives. Like the early films of Robert Bresson, it is a celebration of the formal properties of cinema."
-- Peter Harcourt

Source:
Harcourt, Peter. "Two Plus Two: Contesting the Boundaries of Identity in Two Films by Micheline Lanctôt." In Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema, edited by Kay Armatage, Kass Banning, Brenda Longfellow, and Janine Marchessault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. (p. 248)