Cold War spy games are seen through the prism of family stress in Christian Carion’s Farewell.
In the end, it’s the profound existential questions that elevate Barthes’s film to pure artistry.
Sophie Barthes’s Cold Souls strives to affect the loony metaphysical spirit of Charlie Kaufman’s work.
Motivations are constantly being re-examined in the film, though Ira Sachs never privileges one point of view over another.
A series of alternate takes/deleted scenes are of primary interest for the shades they add to the character of Laura.
With just two features director Ira Sachs has created a distinctive, deliriously beautiful aesthetic.