I loved this film, despite some flaws. It offers complexity, ambiguity, innovation, political inference and imagination. In Athens, a married stockbroker, an American, with two children is having an affair with a co-worker. He confesses to his wife, promises to leave his lover, but is drawn back to her after a seemingly unexpected encounter. When he tries to return to his wife, she rejects him, is now in love with a Greek, anti-American political activist. His young daughter, distraught over the separation and devoted to her father, commits some very destructive acts. Ironically, her father is accused of one of them, is jailed. He then realizes what the consequences of his act has wrought, particularly in relation to his daughter. The ending is a bit over-ploted..yet has significance.
The film is deliberately fragmented and ambiguous, which suits the depiction of the husband, with his vacillating emotions and misreading of the signs and symbols he appears to believe in. The performances by Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Unger and Dimitris Katalifos are splendid. But the highest praise goes to Jonathan Nossiter for his co-writing and directing of this fascinating and visionary film.
The film is deliberately fragmented and ambiguous, which suits the depiction of the husband, with his vacillating emotions and misreading of the signs and symbols he appears to believe in. The performances by Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Unger and Dimitris Katalifos are splendid. But the highest praise goes to Jonathan Nossiter for his co-writing and directing of this fascinating and visionary film.