Directed by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sundance)
Impressionistic little Israeli drama about abandonment in modern society. The main character is Batia, a young woman working as a waitress at weddings. She lives mostly alone, occasionally talking to her mother on the phone. One day she finds a little girl on the beach, who literally walks out of the ocean. Though never speaking a word, they immediately bond and she takes the girl home. Over time, mainly through flashbacks, the film seems to suggest the girl and woman are actually one and the same. She remembers a day on the beach with her own parents when she was left alone in the ocean, with the same life preserver worn by the present day little girl, as they argue on the beach. In another story, newlyweds struggle to connect in a hotel room on their honeymoon. He strikes up a friendship with a woman in another room, leading his bride to fear he might abandon her. Finally, we follow a Philippine woman who is a caregiver for an aging woman who has been left to fend for herself by an indifferent daughter. Again, the theme of abandonment is front and center.
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