A young woman wakes up in a princess dress with a mask lashed to her face. She is in the ruins of some sort of asylum/hospital with no clue to anything except a story book with some of the pages torn out. She is pursued by a silent knight with an axe in one hand. She is also flashing back to her time in some sort of similar hospital.
I honestly don't know what I think of this film. Its a film that at times reminded me of other films of various genres and quality, but at the same time it was a film that was, and is always it's own thing. Its a film that frequently works, occasionally soars and some times crashes. Its a film that scores a hell of a lot of points, and keeps our interest, because it's a film that is trying to think and exist out side of the box.
I completely understand why this film has won some awards. At the same time I completely understand why I haven't found a great deal written about the film because, as you can see by my attempt at trying to explain the plot above, its very hard to describe. My smart ass answer about the film would be if some one asked me what the film was or what it was like would be to simply say yes it is.
The reason for the difficulty in writing on the film is that the film is fast and loose as to what reality is. What exactly is real and what exactly is going on is only somewhat clear. The result is a film that demands to be seen as part of an audience because when the film is done you will want to discuss what you've seen. Its a film that you'll both want to pick apart and film that you'll want to praise because this is a film that forces you to engage with it on some level...on every level.
This is a film that is all things at once briliant and twadlle, deep and shallow. This is a film to watch with friends and then argue about or riff or something.
A couple of days and a couple of false starts on writing on the film I'm no closer to knowing what the film is, or what I think.
At the same time the one thing I know is that if you want a movie that is something that you will have to confront and enage with you must see this film. If you want a straight narrtive, easy answers or something conventional stay the hell away.
Recommended for those of you who want atypical cinema.
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