L'ombre d'un mensonge

Saw this tonight , featured as a sneakprewiev at Gothenburg Filmfestival. It blew me away from the beginning with its low-key tone and exceptional acting. The beautiful and dramatic landscape of Scotland makes a perfect setting for this unique and highly moving love story. Bouli Lanners, director, writer and actor is such a great talent and his counterpart Michelle Fairley is also amazing. Blessed to find this gem.

There was much potential with the storyline. It flopped a little. No proper build up or no proper dilemma/ problem or anything to make the film a little less monotonal.

Probably the worst film I've seen, in terms of the story. Kept waiting for a surprise, to no avail. Cinematography was all right, but not as good as to justify the catastrophic "non issue". Why waste everybody's time and money? Surely there are worthy projects to fund.

Saw this at a film society in Oz. This is in an expertly done romance set in a severe but beautiful coastal landscape of a northern Scotland isle. The male and female leads, Bouli Lanners and Michelle Fairley both are listed as directors and Bouli also for screenplay. Dialogue is as sparse as the trees on the hills, but pleasantly sufficient. The characters and views reminded me a little of Babettes 'feasters', the stark cold scenery and dour people of a hard, high number, latitude.

Phil from Belgium is living and working on the island. After he suffers a minor stroke that causes amnesia, Millie falsely tells him he was previously in a relationship with her. As the story unfolds you feel the frustration of constricted feelings and too the warmth of their torturous release. A nice film, it makes me realize why I go to 'art movies'.

This film is so exquisitely shot, the backdrop of Scotland works its magic but also the interior sets look like paintings. The gentle unfolding story moves at a perfect pace with minimal dialogue. I loved it and would definitely recommend you to watch.