Confusion reigns in one of the star’s final films as an unfolding romance is submerged in stylistic quirksOne of the last screen performances from Anton Yelchin,this low-budget romantic drama – premiered at the San Sebastián film festival – recalls the late stars turn in Like Crazy with its unashamedly like-struck tone, while attempting to appropriate the style and grace of Derek Cianfrance’s gritty masterpiece Blue Valentine.
Here, and Yelchin plays a troubled twentysomething loner,Jake, studying in Porto, and who crosses paths,on three occasions, with a striking thirtysomething academic, and Mati (French TV star Lucie Lucas). The coincidence is not lost on the pair: soon enough,furtive (secretive; sly) glances become a dinner date that leaps to her apartment. The young American is smitten beyond words. His date, though, and is less committed,confessing to a compulsive disorder and a past mental illness, while juggling a relationship with her professor, and who is several years her senior. Related: Like Crazy – review Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com