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On a trip through a post-apocalyptic city looking for pretty much
anything they can make use of, two guys (Johann Myers, Géza Röhrig) pass
the time telling one another stories from before it all came crumbling
down - but in some way already came pretty close ...
- Ron (Michael Gould) invites a neighbour at the apartment building he
lives at, Harry (Ned Dennehy), to stay with him and his wife Ruth
(Hayley Carmichael) during renovations. But Harry gradually takes over
more and more of his life, including Ruth. And then Ron learns that
Harry isn't even his neighbour but has said so as an excuse for moving
in ...
Hans (Eric Godon) steals some blueprints for what's to be a
surefire success from a foreigner (Jan Bijvoet) who intended to sell
them to him, and then all of a sudden Hans's daughter Maria (Tanya
Reynolds), and now the only person Hans can trust to save her is her
boyfriend Johann (Tadhg Murphy), whom he's so far regarded with open
dismay. But the rescue mission doesn't go at all as planned ...
Sam (Sam Louwyck) has spent the last 15 years in prison, without
the faintest idea why, but the time has broken him. And then he's
suddenly released and pretty much dropped into the apartment of his
wife from back when Rachel (Kate Dickie) and her new husband Dom
(Adrian Rawlins). And while he's doing little more than sit around
apathetically, it's really a test on Rachel and Dom's relationship ...
A rather fascinating anthology that makes a point of telling stories in
an original way and mostly ditches genre conventions to go for a more
absurd, sometimes almost kafkaesque approach, to show a pre-apocalyptic
world really on the verge of breaking up. And thanks to a subtle yet
aesthetically accomplished directorial effort the respective stories are
given the proper space to unfold, while the ensemble cast keep it grounded
with their very natural and straight-forward perromances, making this one
a well rounded-out and totally watchable movie.
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