03-15-2022, 10:01 AM
[Seen on Kanopy]
To watch this, you need to click past a warning that, yes, you understand that this is movie contains explicit content that may disturb some viewers.
So get ready for some ultraviolence.
Who am I kidding? Violence is never an issue. It's the sexual situations (and nudity) that might put some puritans off.
A fragile young woman (a lithe Marine Vacth) is told by her doctor that her pains are very likely psychosomatic. So she goes to see a psychiatrist, ultimately to fall in love with him. They end their doctor/patient relationship and become lovers. But her pains persist, so she goes (sight-unseen) to another psychiatrist, only to find that he is a dead ringer for the first one. Though he denies having a twin or even a brother, something is not right, and the movie is her attempt to plumb the depths of this mystery.
(And boy does she know how to plumb.)
There are dream sequences and mental imaginings to the point that you're never quite certain what is real or not, and to my mind the script does not play entirely fair with the viewer. Still, it's an intriguing tale and touches on just about every aspect of twins (did you know that a tortoiseshell cat, normally female, is occasionally male -- always the result of womb twins merging into one? Hmmm. I should probably look that up, in case it's also a fiction).
Overall, it's a very sexy tale that goes places I didn't expect, and Marine Vacth, though certainly no Chesty Morgan (thank goodness), is a pleasant sight to behold.
Moderately recommended.
[Seen on Kanopy]
Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) has spent years doing bit parts, commercials, and other minor fare, knowing time is running out if she's to become a successful actress. Then she's offered a starring role -- with one catch. There's nudity involved. What to do? Reluctantly she agrees to it.
Lots of scenes on set, with the director and others figuring out shots, the director trying to evoke the performance he wants from Nina. All of this I found fascinating, and Ke-Xi Wu is amazing. She carries the film.
But the movie goes many other places, some of them heart-wrenching and some very disturbing. It takes its time and seemed slow in places, but all in all I have to give it credit for the intensity of some scenes and for going places I didn't expect.
By the way, there is no nudity in this movie, which seems odd when that's the core conflict.
Moderately+ recommended.
To watch this, you need to click past a warning that, yes, you understand that this is movie contains explicit content that may disturb some viewers.
So get ready for some ultraviolence.
Who am I kidding? Violence is never an issue. It's the sexual situations (and nudity) that might put some puritans off.
A fragile young woman (a lithe Marine Vacth) is told by her doctor that her pains are very likely psychosomatic. So she goes to see a psychiatrist, ultimately to fall in love with him. They end their doctor/patient relationship and become lovers. But her pains persist, so she goes (sight-unseen) to another psychiatrist, only to find that he is a dead ringer for the first one. Though he denies having a twin or even a brother, something is not right, and the movie is her attempt to plumb the depths of this mystery.
(And boy does she know how to plumb.)
There are dream sequences and mental imaginings to the point that you're never quite certain what is real or not, and to my mind the script does not play entirely fair with the viewer. Still, it's an intriguing tale and touches on just about every aspect of twins (did you know that a tortoiseshell cat, normally female, is occasionally male -- always the result of womb twins merging into one? Hmmm. I should probably look that up, in case it's also a fiction).
Overall, it's a very sexy tale that goes places I didn't expect, and Marine Vacth, though certainly no Chesty Morgan (thank goodness), is a pleasant sight to behold.
Moderately recommended.
[Seen on Kanopy]
Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) has spent years doing bit parts, commercials, and other minor fare, knowing time is running out if she's to become a successful actress. Then she's offered a starring role -- with one catch. There's nudity involved. What to do? Reluctantly she agrees to it.
Lots of scenes on set, with the director and others figuring out shots, the director trying to evoke the performance he wants from Nina. All of this I found fascinating, and Ke-Xi Wu is amazing. She carries the film.
But the movie goes many other places, some of them heart-wrenching and some very disturbing. It takes its time and seemed slow in places, but all in all I have to give it credit for the intensity of some scenes and for going places I didn't expect.
By the way, there is no nudity in this movie, which seems odd when that's the core conflict.
Moderately+ recommended.
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