Given that this is the debut feature of writer/ director Giuseppe Capotondi, that is high praise indeed. Like Nolan in Memento, Capotondi has achieved a very complex story structure that might easily collapse of its own weight in the hands of a lesser filmmaker. The result proves that he is up to the task, and I eagerly await his next feature.
Kseniya Rappoport plays the role of Sonia, an East European immigrant working as a maid in an Italian hotel. Trapped in a nowhere job, she decides to improve her social life by attending a speed dating event. She meets Guido, played by Filippo Timi, an ex-cop with a dark past, who is currently working in private security for a wealthy client. The two fall instantly in love and begin a whirlwind romance that disrupts their worlds in ways neither of them anticipate. During a romantic tryst at the wealthy client's estate, the lovers become victims of a violent robbery, and nothing will ever be the same.
In most noir films the femme fatale is the only one who ever has control, but Sonia is a seductress whose sense of reality is suspect at every turn. Is she seducer or victim? or both? This is a welcome new contribution to the genre that will keep you guessing until the very last moments of the film.
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