February 2, 2009: Revanche
Revanche was the 2008 Austrian entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film, which is more or less why I saw it.
The trouble I have with reviewing this film is that although I wrote a 250-word plot summary in my notes following my viewing, to reveal much at all of that plot would be to potentially spoil the movie. There’s a man and a woman, and another man and another woman, and fate causes their lives and/or deaths to become intertwined in kind of horrifying ways on at least a few different levels. That may not sound like it makes for a good movie, but I thought it was fascinating. The story is complex but is well laid out, and the ending, or non-ending as I suppose it really is, strikes a real note of satisfaction with me.
Can’t say much, but liked it.
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