the acting is superb, relying only on improvisation, with no working screenplay, as i've read. the sundance accolades are well-deserved. this film makes one use of the subliminal consciousness. love is already difficult without being apart. bureaucracy makes living, existing and loving even harder. the gist is that due to visa violations, the English girl (felicity jones) is banned on US soil. but the American dude (anton yeltchin) can work and play in the UK, only he doesn't feel at home, his furniture design business is in Santa Monica. they met while they were students in LA.
the story spans years and from the outset the girl is more invested in the relationship; leaving notes, creating scrapbooks, overstaying her student visa for a summer of passion, texting from across the pond, suggesting marriage. they get hitched in Camden. they have relationships with other people. they thrive in their professions. it's a complicated dynamics. after several years her ban is lifted and she abandons her life in London to be with him, only we don't know if they will end up together, not the typical celluloid offering.
shot on a shoestring budget, there are very few dialogues, it's mostly close -ups of emotions, or a cut on the girl's heel in one montage. but it makes one think. yes, long-distance sweet nothings are not new but whether bureaucratic rules are there or not, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
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