Ultranova

 

Ultranova 2005

• Director: Bouli Lanners
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Vincent Lecuyer, Marie de Bled, Hélène de Reymaeker
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• None of them.
• Why? Possibly interesting.
• Seen: 24 December 2022. 

       This is apparently one of those films that isn’t about anything, whose misfit characters talk little, and nothing happens. It’s almost black and white, filmed in greyish and brownish tone, most other colours muted. The setting is the dreary industrial and agricultural areas outside of Liege in Belgium. It’s sort of a love story between introverted Dmitri (Lucuyer), who is said to be an orphan whose parents and sister died in an incident when he was twelve, and Cathy (de Reymaeker) who was adopted at the age of four and doesn’t want to talk about it. They both have boring jobs. There are other side stories flitting in and out. The film has been compared to Jarmusch and Kaurismäki. That ought to give you an idea of what kind of film it is.

       I like it but I don’t love it. 

3* of 5