Set in the future the film is the story of a couple heading off on a romantic trip who agree to drop a man they meet on a quiet planet along their way. Things go side ways when the uninhabited planet isn't, and has a concentration camp on it.
Great looking film with a large chip on its shoulder. This is a film that is very much about something. It's a film that wants us to think and consider. Its also a film that is going to play very differently than when it was conceived thanks to the march of world events.
It's a gorgeous film, echoing the work of many Eastern European genre filmmakers of the past. I can only imagine how great this film is going to look on the big screen.
If there is anything that bothers me about the film is that it has an insistence that it must tell us this story or else. Perhaps its the need to make sure we get it because of the shortness of the run time, or because there is a real desire in the filmmakers to make a change, but either way the film goes a little bit over in pushing the fact that the film means something, beyond the obvious parallels in the tale.
Quibble aside, this film is a kick in the ass and recommended.
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