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2021 · 12m · USA
Directed by Grace Rex
Genres: drama, experimental
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, surreal
A collection of mostly dialogue-free vignettes depicting everyday people connected to otherworldly beings. Eggs in a kitchen, a bed-jumping scene with an older man on the floor, an absurd office exchange — atmosphere thick enough to chew.
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The scouts
Vignettes that hint at otherworldly contact without ever showing their hand — just textures, compositions, dead air. Trust the silence; that's where the film lives.
Grace Rex's nearly-wordless vignette structure puts this in the Apichatpong neighborhood — mood as primary text. When it works, it's the best mode there is.
Mostly dialogue-free vignettes thick with atmosphere where nobody explains the otherworldly part — egg-muttering in the kitchen, bed-jumping with an older man on the floor, an absurd office exchange — Roy Andersson-adjacent and specific enough to trust.
Reviews
a strange, experimental portrait mostly free of dialogue but thick in atmosphere.