Act 1 - 6.1
Act 2 - 6.6
Act 3 - 5.2
Good performances by all
Dialogue is very good and that's what the film relies on the most
Film was smart until the third act when things get quite ridiculous
Big character jump for James that doesn't make sense and derails the film
Film does land the final scene but struggled to get there
James is an art critic, very well educated and articulate
Meets Berenice who he sleeps with and invites her to meet a famous art dealer
They meet Joseph Cassidy and he seems quite eccentric
Jerome Debney a famous artist is in a house next door and tease a meeting with him
Joseph wants James to interview Jerome and make history by talking to and critiquing him
In return Jospeh wants one of his works of art and threatens James with exposing him as helping to sell a forgery if he fails
Berenice is quite mysterious and seems to be hiding some personal info
Debney is a fan of James's articles and agrees to talk to him
James tries to uncover more about Berenice and he doesn't believe much that she says
Berenice goes alone on a boat ride with Debney while James goes to his house to try and steal one of his paintings
Berenice asks about James's story to open the film and Debney gives some different insight
James fails to get in and hurts his nose and bleeds
Berenice reveals to Debney that she is a teacher and is trying out a new life here in Italy
Fly on the bathtub of James, talked earlier how it signified death in paintings
Debney hasn't made any new work feel discarded after his few weeks of fame after the fire, put up the empty frame as a joke and people took it and ran with it
Burnt his own villa after with his work in it, now paints in his mind not on canvas and James is upset
The Burnt Orange Hersey is the names of one of his blank canvas
James goes back and breaks into Debney's home and takes the Burnt Orange Heresy and some paint and a copy of his signature
James then sets the cottage on fire, took a very drastic turn
James and Berenice leave that night as James is in a hurry to flee the scene
James was a failed artist and now has an opportunity to forge a Debney
Joseph calls about the painting and James gets his inspiration for what to paint, only Debney is existence even though this will be a fake
Berenice sees what James has done and confronts him, James is going insane and then drowns Berenice
Turns out she didn't die and James tries to apologize for attempted murder
Such a massive and unbelievable chapter jump that doesn't make much sense
Berenice goes back to the apartment with him, crazy
Berenice calls him a fraud and he's the fly then he hits her killing her for real this time
Absolutely crazy and so ridiculous how this third act has turned into unrealistic nonsense
James puts her body at the bottom of a pond, tough ending for Berenice who turned out to be a good person just looking for a new start
On news Debney is dead at Joseph's home
Everyone talking about Debney again and James is the only person to have claimed to see his work
James writes a book about him and is a big deal in the art world now
Cassidy seems to know what James has done to Berenice
Berenices mother seems to have received a drawing from Debney of Berenice, the only real Debney
See the fingerprint left behind from Berenice, could be tracked back to him, James now paranoid
James opens a letter left for him by Debney and it's just full of flies
Get to see the real last Debney in Berneices mother's Home with photos of her, debney did sign it and that's the last shot
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Act 2 - 6.6
Act 3 - 5.2
Good performances by all
Dialogue is very good and that's what the film relies on the most
Film was smart until the third act when things get quite ridiculous
Big character jump for James that doesn't make sense and derails the film
Film does land the final scene but struggled to get there
James is an art critic, very well educated and articulate
Meets Berenice who he sleeps with and invites her to meet a famous art dealer
They meet Joseph Cassidy and he seems quite eccentric
Jerome Debney a famous artist is in a house next door and tease a meeting with him
Joseph wants James to interview Jerome and make history by talking to and critiquing him
In return Jospeh wants one of his works of art and threatens James with exposing him as helping to sell a forgery if he fails
Berenice is quite mysterious and seems to be hiding some personal info
Debney is a fan of James's articles and agrees to talk to him
James tries to uncover more about Berenice and he doesn't believe much that she says
Berenice goes alone on a boat ride with Debney while James goes to his house to try and steal one of his paintings
Berenice asks about James's story to open the film and Debney gives some different insight
James fails to get in and hurts his nose and bleeds
Berenice reveals to Debney that she is a teacher and is trying out a new life here in Italy
Fly on the bathtub of James, talked earlier how it signified death in paintings
Debney hasn't made any new work feel discarded after his few weeks of fame after the fire, put up the empty frame as a joke and people took it and ran with it
Burnt his own villa after with his work in it, now paints in his mind not on canvas and James is upset
The Burnt Orange Hersey is the names of one of his blank canvas
James goes back and breaks into Debney's home and takes the Burnt Orange Heresy and some paint and a copy of his signature
James then sets the cottage on fire, took a very drastic turn
James and Berenice leave that night as James is in a hurry to flee the scene
James was a failed artist and now has an opportunity to forge a Debney
Joseph calls about the painting and James gets his inspiration for what to paint, only Debney is existence even though this will be a fake
Berenice sees what James has done and confronts him, James is going insane and then drowns Berenice
Turns out she didn't die and James tries to apologize for attempted murder
Such a massive and unbelievable chapter jump that doesn't make much sense
Berenice goes back to the apartment with him, crazy
Berenice calls him a fraud and he's the fly then he hits her killing her for real this time
Absolutely crazy and so ridiculous how this third act has turned into unrealistic nonsense
James puts her body at the bottom of a pond, tough ending for Berenice who turned out to be a good person just looking for a new start
On news Debney is dead at Joseph's home
Everyone talking about Debney again and James is the only person to have claimed to see his work
James writes a book about him and is a big deal in the art world now
Cassidy seems to know what James has done to Berenice
Berenices mother seems to have received a drawing from Debney of Berenice, the only real Debney
See the fingerprint left behind from Berenice, could be tracked back to him, James now paranoid
James opens a letter left for him by Debney and it's just full of flies
Get to see the real last Debney in Berneices mother's Home with photos of her, debney did sign it and that's the last shot
.