I choosed the movie Downloading Nancy to be my finish for this year’s Fantasy Filmfest. The preview used terms like "forbidding" and "morbid". Johan Rencks debut has caused intense reaction at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I was looking forward to see what induced the critics to such response. It seemed to be a good bridge over to the next Fantasy Filmfest.The movie is about a woman stuck in a loveless marriage. While her husband Albert is mainly interested in golf, she is just looking for some affection. At her way down in a spiral of self-contempt and self-harm she meets Louis. With him Nancy can act out her sadomasochistic tendencies. But "tendencies" doesn't describe what Nancy is finally looking for... After Nancy disappeared, Albert meets Louis and the husband (and the audience) gets to know the whole extend of Nancy’s obsession.
I can't say that I "like" this movie. Sometimes it was hard to keep watching – not only due to painful things, which Nancy received. It’s more shocking to see how apathetically the husband treats his wife in this cold "marriage".
It’s a very good movie you should have a look, if you like credible but somehow strange scenarios.
Release Date: 21st January 2008
Director: Johan Renck
Writers: Pamela Cuming, Lee Ross
Cast: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewell
3 Kommentare:
i like this movie :(
I recognized the sad smily at the end. But this describes also my thought about this movie pretty well...
The character of Albert is strange as in real life no husband would treat his wife like he did.
- Herman Swan
UK
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