Amnesia offers romantic opportunities in Nobody has to know, the first English-language film by Belgian director Polly Lanners. All is well in the bittersweet love drama, but the dry absurdity of his earlier films is missing.
It’s commendable when filmmakers are looking for new ways because they don’t want to repeat themselves. Praise be to Poly Lanners, who after his hit films Ultranova (2005), Eldorado (2008), Les Gents (2011) and Les Premier Les Dernais (2016) wanted to take a new step.
does it with Nobody has to knowco-directed by Tim Milentis (from the film Masterful Naked Camping). Patrick, 2019). Not a movie that was shot in Wallonia or France, but on the Scottish Isle of Lewis. Lanners plays a lone Belgian elephant who has moved to the island and works for a sheep farm. The man feels at home in the closed religious community and the vast, rugged landscape, but his life changes when he suffers from amnesia after suffering a minor stroke. He didn’t recognize people anymore, not even Mielle, a man in his fifties and the daughter of an old sheep farmer. It hurts to remind him that they were lovers. The film beautifully shows how the love between the two is slowly blossoming again. It turns out that their past was different from what Mielle had suggested.
Nobody has to know It is a subtle and humble love drama in which all is well. Bearded Lanners sometimes touch like a man with a past, seeking peace in an environment where time seems to stand still. Written by Michelle Fairley, better known as Lady Stark in Game of thronesBeneath the gorgeous exterior – Millie is nicknamed the ‘Ice Queen’ of the island – we feel a strong desire for affection and love. The two actors carry the film, in which the beautifully photographed landscapes by experienced photographer Frank van den Eden look like a third character.
However, there is something nibbling about realizing that this is a Lanners movie. Through his four previous films, the Belgian director has shown himself a completely original talent with an absurd sense of humor. These films are captivating tragicomedies about the struggles of people on the margins of society. The gentle look at human impotence showed great sympathy. This sympathy exists Nobody has to know I stayed, but the absurd humor that made Laners such an exceptional talent was gone. love drama Nobody has to knowLanners, who says he hopes to reach a larger audience than his previous work, lacks stubborn idiosyncrasy. The drama about two outsiders in a conservative religious community could have been made by any talented filmmaker at Dar al-Fan. Again, there’s nothing wrong with delicious love drama, but from Lanners expect something a little more authentic. absurdity force†
