Having experienced a violent relationship, Carmen finds solace and security in her new relationship with Barnaby, but is this enough? On the eve of her wedding, the relationship is put to the test as she becomes attracted to a mysterious stranger... Read more
| Starring | Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy |
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| Director | Matthew Parkhill |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Having experienced a violent relationship, Carmen finds solace and security in her new relationship with Barnaby, but is this enough? On the eve of her wedding, the relationship is put to the test as she becomes attracted to a mysterious stranger...
| Starring | Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy, Charlie Cox |
|---|---|
| Director | Matthew Parkhill |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins Watch now: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 13 Jun 2005 Watch now: 03 Dec 2009 Production year: 2003 |
| Watch now | FREE |
| Format | DVD |
One twist too many undermines this stylish mystery about a woman with a dark past and the two menincluding a... read more on Time Out
This year's 'Memento'.
Nearly two years ago, on an Iberian airlines flight to South America, I found myself watching what looked like a very cheap, very 'cinema verite'-esque foreign film. Mainly due to the rather endearing lead (Bernal - who hadn't yet hit the UK in a major way), I continued watching and found myself drawn into the film in the uncomfortable way in which you find yourself semi-awake during a nightmare. The story is mainly exposed through the lead's home video footage, but the real purpose of his filming, and indeed the real purpose of all of the characters is only revealed in a series of clever and genuinely unpredictable twists quite a long way into the film. The film looks like a student offering, the acting and directing style is unashamedly amateur-tinged, but if you stick with it, which I suggest you do, you'll find the unusual look and sickly intriguing sequence of events might just surprise you. Or was it just me, desperate to be relieved by the airline's spanish sketch-show overkill?
Although a little slow at the begining, what a good film it turned out to be. It has a lot of twists and turns and well worth watching to the end.