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That PTSD figures prominently in a number of notable films — from blockbusters like Bourne to art flicks like The Master — does not detract from Disorder, Alice Winocour’s sophomore feature about an Afghanistan veteran-turned-bodyguard. Nor does its genre, the now familiar home-invasion thriller with notes of the classic western. Far from it. The seeming familiarity of both subject matter and narrative form allows Disorder to efficiently exploit audience expectation. Within this genre mishmash, Disorder explores politics, voyeurism, Freudian psychology, and the most primal of emotions — fear. Outside of the English-speaking world the film is known as Maryland, the name of the estate on the French Riviera to which most of the narrative is confined. This seems a more apt title, one that points to the ironic interplay between the film’s picture-perfect setting and its themes, which are always churning just below that surface: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/disorder/

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