The narrative opens with striking beauty, but an encroaching sense of overwhelming sadness quickly emerges. This is a profoundly moving and emotionally intense movie, and the characters’ feelings manifest physically between them. A persistent feeling of pain settles in, which I suspect will linger for quite some time, largely because of the negative thoughts that repeatedly intrude upon the female characters' expe…

This film is unsettling and deeply troubling. Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg both deliver excellent performances, and the musical score fits very well, however, it raises numerous unanswered issues that result in a disappointing feeling afterward.