A strange, beautiful film. We watch mother and son as they go about their peculiar daily routine, and we see a dead child in the ocean. It's unnerving and, somehow, everything seems eerily sexual, too. Then we are invited to go underwater where we get a closer look at the strange story science and earth have to tell. There are only mothers and sons in this coastal town. There is routine and control - but who is in control and what happens if someone starts to ask que find out more...
It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...
Anna Biller is the writer, director, producer, editor, artist, designer and costumer on this lush 1960s/70s giallo/dramatic thriller throw back with a twist. Super funny and super feminist, this reverse gendered romantic tragedy is one the most beautiful and enjoyable films to be released this year. Elaine practices love witchcraft because all she wants in life is to fall in love - if only the men she practices her spells on could control their emotions. Somehow, the find out more...
