Sometimes you gotta give a movie extra points just for being strange.
The DVD box aptly describes it as a cross between Eric Rohmer and Roman Polanski. Imagine if the characters from Claire’s Knee hopped aboard the boat from Knife on the Water. That’s the jist. Throw in some early Breillat (Une Vraie Juene Fille or 36 filette) and just a dash of Funny Games, too. Which isn’t to say this is a thriller or anything, but there is an undercurrent of creepiness from, basically, the first frame.
I really must talk to my friend Jurgen Fauth to see if German vacations are really like this.
