Reviews

I liked it much from the second time I watched it because the first time I spent most of the time thinking about how easy it actually is to make a nightmare of your life if you only make enough bad decisions and follow them to the end and how to kill the protagonist's husband (awesome counterplay). The second time I really watched it and easily got drawn into it.

It stays good the more often you watch it because it has everything a good horror movie needs: a unique ambience, characters you know everything better than and like enough to fear for them, the evil happening despite and the relief in the end that costs more than you expected.

When I was a child I used to hear many stories of war time from my parents and grand parents. Other than people of today who only know this time from books, photos and told meomories and despite all curious questions they weren't keen to elaborate about the time, the horrors they experienced -"you don't want to know that, believe me" they used to say- and instead taught me to be friendly, open-minded, courageous, not greedy, not mean, self-confident, sturdy and positive. I was impressed how they emphasised to see the good in all and an inevitable forgiveness was in that. This I also found in this movie. Maybe, that's the essence of survival - to be happy that it's over and to keep the best in you and pass this on as a rule of life.

A teenager goes on a secret desert trip with her boyfriend, when they, neatly drugged, suddenly get separated. On her way back home alone she finds herself in the weirdest situations just to arrive in time and making her absence unnoticed. While everybody else goes on with their lives she can't stay the same. Superb cutting and great audio score. It takes a while to get used to the fast camera and scene changes but then it's just cool, hilarious and dramatic at the same time.

.: Desert life :.

Walking through the sand I form a shadow with my hand and seek the sky for rain.

When the light begins to fade I roam the starry night until another endless day on which I do not know where I came from or will be going to.

Earning his money raking kelp from the shores a man finds money, much money. Despite bestest intention he does what - let's be honest - everybody does two weeks after finding a treasure.

The movie provides us an unbelieving look into modern small town life without being dramatising, showing you the unworldly in the middle of the world who hold up labour and value heritage, with some effords at times, but eventually sucessful. A neat afternoon movie.

Pour gagner sa vie en ramassant du varech sur les côtes, un homme trouve de l'argent, beaucoup d'argent. Malgré ses meilleures intentions, il fait ce que - soyons honnêtes - tout le monde fait deux semaines après avoir trouvé un trésor.

Le film nous offre un regard incrédule sur la vie moderne des petites villes, sans dramatiser, en nous montrant les gens du peuple au milieu du monde qui défendent le travail et la valeur du patrimoine, avec quelques efforts parfois, mais qui finissent par réussir. Un bon film d'après-midi.