We are introduced to Maria Barbizan (Susanne Wuest) who is tired of life. She has just thrown away her wallet and money and goes and sits in the mall where a man (Julian Richings) tells her she is to compete in a platinum level contest. We then meet the 4 other contestants. They are in a room with a Henry M. Stanley theme, I presume. The contests are silly and inane. Other contestants have surnames such as Jumpcannon, Arkady, Frisbee, and Pancreas. Plot Spoiler, the film ends as it started with a large bird flying into a pane of glass. Clearly there was some symbolism here and I admit I just didn't get the message of the film.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Plot summary
Office drone Maria Barbizan leads what looks like a meaningless life. She’s lonely, and she doesn’t really exist, at her job or within her family. One day, she does everything we’ve all dreamed of – she throws her purse and old life in the trash, and joins an enigmatic contest to win... a car. Locked in a room with four strangers, each more eccentric than the next, she must go through a series of challenges – a “competition to probe the very essence of mind-body articulation”, lead by Homunculus, an intriguing and curious host.
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May 03, 2022 at 07:43 AM
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I think therefore I am
Could've been so great!
It's too bad that the filmmaker doesn't know how to tell a story or make you care about their characters!
The little mysteries went nowhere or were just ignored.
There is no growth, there is no nothing.
There's just no reason behind anything.. yea, yea, find yourself, the journey, but it was just so mellow and boring, that you don't care. No stakes. No tension... the candle was ok, but that scene was 1 minute long and then, back to mellow and boring.
This movie is sufficiently weird that you just know how it great it could've been.
Homo homini lupus...
Congratulations if you stay interested throughout this film. The last 15 minutes or so exposes true raw human rancor, if you are still awake. Really, there has to be something more uplifting than spending an hour and a half with this.