All about atmosphere
Claire Denis is a heavyweight of French cinema and is out of her turf here
Folks here in the comments occasionally bellyaching about structure narrative meaning; none of this here is about that; it is about mood; a sense of place; the feeling folks get when they are gringos in Central or South America or even Africa and the rules they operate along no longer apply; none of the points of reference work here; they slip anchor; they drift ....
THAT is the story here plus a bit of CIA backyard shenanigans they are loved the world over for ...
ps Margaret Qualley is excellent very charismatic and holding the viewers attention; the other players here are adequate but no better.
Ps2 the bedroom scenes were very very lame yawn-inducing.
- here she operated in English in Nicaragua
- so we have a Bowlesian "Too Far From Home" tale
- we also have shades of Romeo and Juliet
Folks here in the comments occasionally bellyaching about structure narrative meaning; none of this here is about that; it is about mood; a sense of place; the feeling folks get when they are gringos in Central or South America or even Africa and the rules they operate along no longer apply; none of the points of reference work here; they slip anchor; they drift ....
THAT is the story here plus a bit of CIA backyard shenanigans they are loved the world over for ...
ps Margaret Qualley is excellent very charismatic and holding the viewers attention; the other players here are adequate but no better.
Ps2 the bedroom scenes were very very lame yawn-inducing.