I stumbled across this film quite by accident and wasn't actually planning on watching it, but I did. It is one of those art house films that a not a lot of people will watch and those who will watch it will either love it or think it's utter rubbish. I'm one of those leaning towards loving it. For one, the acting is fantastic. The premise of an abusive casual relationship is painfully real. The dialogues seem natural and delivered by what seem to be seasoned theater actors. I wasn't expecting the intimate scenes to be shown as elaborately as they were, but they were important to the tone of the film which is essentially a power dynamic. I would have preferred a happier ending to the film. Or even a sudden end with no real conclusion but one with many open questions like they typically do in artsy films would have been satisfactory. The end of the film didn't leave much room in your head to think of the characters fondly. Hence I give it a 6 instead of a higher rating.
