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Winner of the Queer Palm at last year’sCannes, Oliver Hermanus’explicit study of obsession and repression in middle-class South Africa loses much of its power in understatement.

Closeted, self-loathing businessman François (Deonlotz) bottles up his homosexuality until he crosses paths with handsome young family friend Christian (Charlie Keegan) and his painfully knotted  emotions start to unravel.

Lotz tortured expression carries the film, silently falling apart in an artful series of lingering pans and excruciating static shots.

Alas, the film’s intense subtlety ends up pulling too many punches.

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