I found this film because it used to be an entry in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, I could not find a proper critics' review for it, but I was certainly interested to see it. Basically, Alec Fenton (Stellan Skarsgård) is a businessman, a commodities trader, living in Athens, Greece, happily married to Marjorie (Charlotte Rampling) with two children. But he is maintaining a torrid affair with beautiful colleague Katherine (Deborah Kara Unger). Throughout his existence, Alec is under the influence of powerful signs and premonitions, leading to many of his decisions. Alec does end his liaison after confessing to Katherine that he is married. But six months later, he accidentally runs into her whilst on a skiing vacation abroad, he decides to leave his family and return to America with his fated lover. However, he learns that their reunion was no accident or coincident, it was a product of her design. Alec once again abandons her and rushes back to Athens to salvage and win back his family. On his return however, he discovers that Marjorie, who works at the US embassy, is in a relationship with Greek political activist Andreas (Dimitri Katalifos). Andreas becomes the victim of a series of incidents, each one more threatening than the last. Alec's obsessive pursuit results in the slow, torturous unravelling of his seemingly orderly world. Skarsgård gives an interesting performance as the man who is influenced by invisible forces, Rampling and Unger do their parts fine as well, the concept is unusual, and I don't know if anything exciting really happened, but it was a reasonable character study and stylish in a way, an alright psychological drama. Worth watching!
Review of Signs & Wonders
