Katabasis

Saw the movie last night in Paris. It deals with the story of a man who escaped (or had to run away) from his 'world' for some reasons and is being welcome by a couple in 'another land ' . At first I thought the movie set place a thousand years ago, then I realized it might have been today, and in the end, my conclusion and interpretation were it happened in two different worlds and yet at the same time in year... I won't go too much into plot & description to not spoil anything, but the film marker meaning's are clear. The film is an experience itself, very visual. I felt it was a smooth epileptic movie, because I had time to follow and understand what was going on, contrary to Gaspar Noe's movie which I love too. The title made me think of the word 'katarsis'… Don't expect to have everything told, you'll have to think, which I did like a lot, because I love when a film maker challenges his audience. There was a Bunuel, Bergman atmosphere going on… so if you enjoy unreal, surreal, impressive, kind of painting work, you should see it and experience it yourself. Editing and cinematography were stunning because of the Greek feeling location, the score is brilliant. More a movie about ideas and visual than for actors who were all very beautiful and used as story teller like in old time.

A must see if you like art.