Mesmeric cinematography, music and sound. Tarr and his co-director colleague/collaborator Agnes Haranitsky make this film very interesting in spite of the awful dubbing and Tilda Swinton's below-par, theatrical over-the-top acting with a quivering lower jaw, further pronounced by the bad dubbing. The mood of the film and its alienated characters are top-notch as are the lighting effects employed. Tarr brings a new unusual dimension to Belgian Georges Simenon's tale on crime and murders with an unusual cop. A tale of innocent ordinary folks, whose peaceful lives are disturbed by strangers with evil plans.