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Charles' (Shan Agish) girlfriend informs him about her return from
abroad and asks him to fetch her dog from a friend, Gil (Michael Gentile)
- only Gil proves to be entirely hostile, and not only refuses to give up
the dog, he even denies he ever had it. But frustrating as this discussion
might go, it also opens Charles' eyes about his own situation - like is he
even in love with his girlfriend or has Felicia (Natalie Pavelek) he
started an affair with while his girlfriend was out of town grown more
important to him? Charles Haux is of course first and
foremost an actors' movie, as this kind of character-driven narrative
stands or falls with its cast - and this movie does very well on that,
featuring a very solid and relatable cast. And a subtle directorial effort
gives them enough space to breathe, too, without making the direction ever
look functional. But of course the whole affair would only be of mild
interest without a script that holds up, and this one does very well, in
taking a simple premise and filling it up with enough subtext to really
tell something much bigger in the audience's minds than seemingly appears
on screen. And all this combined makes this one quite a strong movie,
actually.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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