Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/12/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Kino
Idiosyncratic Polish director
Lech Majewski helmed this feature, which he adapted from his own novel
Metaphysics. It concerns the romance that blossoms between an engineer named
Chris (
Chris Nightingale) and an art history expert named
Claudine (
Claudine Spiteri), who meet up and instantly fall into impassioned lust for one another. Before long, however, tragedy strikes in the form of a terminal illness that hits
Claudine. She chooses to respond by spending her final days with
Chris in Venice, against the backdrop of buildings and murals created by her favorite artist,
Hieronymus Bosch. In that venue,
Claudine acts as
Chris's romantic, erotic and emotional guide, leading him down a pathway of intense seduction and theretofore unattained insights into himself and the nature of love.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide