Directed by:
Paweł PawlikowskiScreenplay:
Paweł PawlikowskiCinematography:
Ryszard LenczewskiComposer:
Max de WardenerCast:
Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot, Grégory Gadebois, Serge Bozon, Mamadou Minte, Geoffrey Carey, Anne Benoît (more)Plots(1)
American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. But when he is robbed of all his possessions, he finds himself living in a shady hotel, working as a night guard in a clandestine and possibly illicit operation. Tom is desperate to win back his family's affections, and to break the curse of writer's block which has been plaguing him for years. One night, the beautiful and mysterious Margit (Kristin Scott-Thomas) walks into his life and things start looking up when the two embark on a passionate and intense affair. But when a string of inexplicable events take place, with increasingly shocking outcomes, Tom's fear and panic intensifies: who is Margit? And what is her secret? (Madman Entertainment)
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A psychological European story that got entrusted to a Polish screenwriter and director. Its quality can be compared to the chicken that Poland has recently exported into the entire European Union and that turned out to be full of dog antibiotics, which made some people go blind. By which I mean it’s shit. The only advantage of this movie is its short duration. Even during those 80 minutes, I couldn’t understand what was going on and the only thing I knew for sure was when it was over.
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I'm very relieved that I'm not the only one who is confused about this film. Unlike most reviewers, however, I was quite interested in the story of writer Tom Ricks, and I'll be quietly pondering what I saw for some time to come. The disturbing mental ambivalence of the protagonist and the very telling last shot of the film invite this. (75%)
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