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Hannah Can't Swim (2002)
Sad and Beautiful
This is a sad, strange film that a lot of women (including myself) can probably relate to. I thought the cinematography was perfectly suited to the movie's theme. I enjoyed the dichotomy of the cold New York train against bright sunny images at a lake. It is an excellent representation of anonymous unrequited love and the kinds of romantic fantasy lives many of us secretly indulge in . The main actors were both superb. Hannah ("the girl from the train") was perfectly cast as a dreamy wallflower. Her voice over narrations are particularly good. "The man from the train" is gorgeous to begin with and so it's not hard to understand why Hannah turns him into her fantasy. I was struck by his warmth and charm during the lake scenes in contrast to his almost polite aloofness during the scene's on the train. All in all a great (but too short) psychological study in loneliness and perception. Certainly recommend it.