The photography in the film is first class, the rest sadly overrated. I really wanted to like this film but I couldn't get a hold on the character and why I should be interested in her particular story of addiction. It felt self-indulgent and introverted, the only "speciality" being the Orkney islands. However even the sequences featuring this certainly unique location ended up feeling empty, rather like a banal tourism ad. Juxtaposing this setting against Ronas drunken outbursts and failing relationship was a weak attempt at instilling drama and empathy. To be fair, I haven't read the book, which I had read good things about, but it doesn't motivate me to do so.
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