This was an interesting film with some very quirky characters.
Honda (Luka Petrusic) is a tall, thin 14-year-old boy who usually went everywhere at kind of a gallop, and is a mute. He lives in a house on the beach with his sister named Smokey(Labina Mitevska)--he also has a little hideaway in an old boat that has washed up on the beach.
Honda has a rather strange hobby of listening constantly to other people's conversations and other activities, and recording them.
Honda can even record people in a car not too distant from where he is, and he even has mobile equipment.
One day Honda runs into a beautiful young woman named Helen(Rachel Weisz), quite literally. After making her acquaintance, Honda and her become friends.
A young man named Martin,(Alessandro Nivola)out of prison and on parole, with whom Helen was previously involved, is stalking her.
Smokey, a sultry nightclub singer, who has a very unusual hairstyle, upon meeting Martin, becomes very interested in him.
All four of these people have some psychological issues. Helen - has some obvious sexual problems Martin- is a stalker Smokey- is going to bed with every man she encounters. And Honda with his muteness,eavesdropping and obsession with Helen is also in need of Dr. Freud.
We discover as the film progresses, why Honda is mute and what transpired between Martin and Helen in the past.
How this all concludes was quite surprising and unexpected to me.
8 stars
