Sparks fly at a wedding reception when a man (Aaron Eckhart) and a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) with a mysterious past are reunited in this bittersweet tale inventively shot in split screen. The complex layers of their past relationship are slowly revealed as the pair rekindles their flirtation. One thing leads to another and the old flames leave the party for a private hotel room, but passion gives way to regret when the champagne wears off.
Another split screen film, though I really didn't mind it. It's largely used as a device to allow flashbacks, but it's also a welcome relief from the intensity of shooting in one room (mostly), with only two people (mostly), just doing a lot of talking. More unusual, I thought, was the casting of Aaron Eckhart as a lawyer with a terminal case of nostalgia. I'm used to seeing him as the King of Asses (and a mighty king he is).
Though it's structurally similar, this is a much more engaging piece (imho) than Yes, and definitely more grown-up than Before Sunrise/Sunset (the non-Fiddler kind).
84 minutes, and not too long at all.
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