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Women's bodybuilding is completely foreign to me, so for me Gentle was first of all informative and enriching. But the film also managed to win me over story-wise. I was intrigued by the apparent contradiction between the hefty musculature and the fragile soul at the centre of which was the main character Edina, convincingly portrayed by the non-actress Eszter Csonka. I also liked the portrayal of the exceedingly strange relationship between Edina and Kristian (the monkey imitation was eerily convincing). Gentle is ultimately a sad tale of heartbreak, on a mental as well as a physical level. (01.08.2022)