Harry (Peter Alberti) loves his girlfriend Isobel (Charleen Meredith) madly and cannot live without her - but as she appears and disappears quite randomly, sometimes in the middle of a conversation, we can't be sure if he's even living with her - until she's run over by a car, and that evening her dad (James Tilley) calls Harry to inform her she's dead. When he later meets her in the streets though, she confesses that her dad wants to shield her from him ... but then Harry gets run over by a car - and just maybe the true story about their relationship is something else entirely ...

Part character study, part love story, with bits of psychosis thrown in that give it a bit of a horror vibe even, Being Without is most certainly a very unusual movie - and a very well-conceived one, too, as despite of the many levels of reality the film carries it never gets confusing or confused and manages to tell its story in a very congruent way. Likewise, the direction is very stylish but gives the story and cast enough room to breath, and the cast all give solid performances so to bring their characters to life, even if their existences are ethereal and even iffy. Well worth a watch for sure!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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