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What film did others watch?


You know from the opening credits, as a stone tossed into a lake causes multiple ripples, that this movie is going to be about how one incident changes everything. In a classic noir style, the film builds to a pivotal scene and then it is the effects of that scene and it's "victims" that make the film. There is so much to comment on, but spoilers aren't my thing. Just watch the little things, like how people speak, the distance apart and the way they react to the tiniest fluctuation of normalcy in their lives. The lack of a soundtrack makes this an anti-Haneke type film. Yes, the 20+ minutes of wood chopping is annoying and the pace in the first 20 minutes is sloth-like, but it's made up for with incredible acting, cinematography and a story everyone can easily grasp. Well maybe not those who need Hollywood spoon fed resolutions, but true cinephiles.

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