Sunday, August 14, 2011

Curling

Canada(Quebec)

Truly oddball film. A father in rural Quebec shelters his 12 year old daughter from...well, everything. He won't let her go to school...keeps her stuck in their remote house 24/7. She finds a stash of dead bodies frozen in the snow nearby and they become her only companions.

Troubling undertones throughout this film although nothing overt ever surfaces. Mom may be in prison. We're given no explanation for this guy's behavior...and no resolution when it's over.

The film falls into the enigmatic area of indie films...meant to be provocative and, in this case, succeeding. Reminiscent of last year's Dogtooth. I got hooked early and couldn't turn it off before I saw how it resolved.

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