La femme qui aimait les hommes

Dull and pointless. At best, pretentious, at worst, random. Drifts from the start and, even at only 87 minutes, feels far too long.

Not too much dialogue in this one, repetitive scene with the woman selling eggs, a few soft sex scenes and that's all folks!

The movie is boring and found the title to be crude and obscene. Didn't pick up if she was a widow for divorcee but she did what a typical lonely woman would do. That is not slutty.

About halfway through as yet another scene played out without dialogue, with the characters looking as sad and listless as can be, I realized that whoever directed this movie was very seriously clinically depressed.

I later found out that it was the leading actress who directed and wrote it. In the film the only life and fleeting joy cam during sex, and most of the time not even then.

I thought something was off about the main male character, and unlike most viewers was not surprised by "the twist" or "the climax" as other viewers were.

He just accepted her cheating without even showing any emotion, and then when she casually announced she had an aborted her pregnancy with his child (maybe), he didn't even comment or talk to her about it, or express any emotion whatsoever. It was then that I realized he did not love her and was in the relationship for another reason.

I didn't like the movie, or find it very interesting. It was simply unpleasant to watch someone elses mental illness inflicted on the viewer.

I gave it 2 stars for at least being honest.

I usually try to watch as many films as possible that get a nomination at Cannes, and The Slut was such movie (even though it didn't win anything there). This is basically one person production: created and directed by the Israeli filmmaker, Hagar Ben Asher. She also acts in it.

The story is about a single mother, Tamar, who lives in a rural area with her two daughters and works at a chicken farm. She's obsessed with sex and provides sexual favors to various men in the village. One day she meets Shai, a veterinarian, and starts a relationship with him.

The best I can describe this film in one word is.. weird. It uses strange symbolism and is very minimalistic in its approach, from screenplay to acting. The cinematography is actually quite impressive for something with virtually no budget. It attempts to make a character study, but spectacularly forgoes nearly all characterization. Something tells me it was done on purpose, but something like this can potentially leave the viewer completely detached from the characters. The end result may therefore seem like nothing more than cinematic expressionism of sorts.

Having said that, I kind of liked The Slut. It's uncanny and raw. Uncanny because while being set in a boring environment, it manages to produce a surreal scenario (at least from where I'm standing). It's sad, disturbing and yet strangely fascinating. It should be obvious that this movie isn't for everyone. Do not expect casual entertainment. Do not expect some sort of porno either. It does have graphic sex scenes and some reviewers even screamed "unsimulated sex". The lead actor categorically denied this, so I'll take his word for it. Not that it really matters. But if graphic sexual content offends you, please do everyone a favor, and DO NOT WATCH this. Otherwise, it's a pretty unconventional and interesting piece of indie film-making.