A young mother with a deteriorating neurological condition gets caught up in a deadly mystery in this Cannes-bowing feature directorial debut by Ryan J. Sloan.
. “What do you see? Focus,” a disembodied voice instructs, inviting the viewer to pore over details. Perhaps you take note of the figure slumped on the sidewalk, or the other bodies moving behind windows. Maybe you drink in the grimness of the industrial New Jersey setting, or the brittleness of the heroine .rewards you for all this looking with an eye for striking imagery and careful compositions. But the act of observation can also imply a certain remove.
Particularly evocative is the film’s soundscape, which mellows or sharpens with Frankie’s moods. When she listens to tapes of happier times with the young daughter who’s been taken from her care, the recordings grow almost painfully tinny. As she spaces out during a support group for survivors of suicide loss, the voices gradually melt into an undifferentiated drone.
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