Using a highway as its predominant visual, the film invokes a conversation on family as well as faith. While the emotional elements still have a thematic affinity, tying it with the physical space of a barren heath makes for an interesting choice.
A woman is driving in the middle of nowhere when she gets a disconcerting phone call from her worried father. Bad reception ensures that it gets disconnected at the most inopportune moment, leaving the protagonist in complete uncertainty about where things truly stand. The same sense of suffocating duress is conjured by the sight of her, almost non-existent against a massive landscape which threatens to swallow her any moment.
The rest of the film then simply becomes a portrayal and echo of the severe stress she has to battle as she endeavours to make it to her destination as soon as possible. It is in this uncertainty that faith makes its presence felt, both literally, by way of a crucifix that is a pivotal car accessory in the scene, as well as metaphorically in the form of an invisible force that keeps the woman going.
No easy task to undertake, to display all of these emotions without truly using any exchange of dialogues, the film comes across as an expert attempt. It is only during the final reveal that the viewer is consciously made to realise how deeply involved they had become in the story all along. However, will this realisation come with a sigh of relief or despair?
Read LessA woman is driving in the middle of nowhere when she gets a disconcerting phone call from her worried father. Bad reception ensures that it gets disconnected at the most inopportune moment, leaving the protagonist in complete uncertainty about where things truly stand. The same sense of suffocating duress is conjured by the sight of her, almost non-existent against a massive landscape which threatens to swallow her any moment.
The rest of the film then simply becomes a portrayal and echo of the severe stress she has to battle as she endeavours to make it to her destination as soon as possible. It is in this uncertainty that faith makes its presence felt, both literally, by way of a crucifix that is a pivotal car accessory in the scene, as well as metaphorically in the form of an invisible force that keeps the woman going.
No easy task to undertake, to display all of these emotions without truly using any exchange of dialogues, the film comes across as an expert attempt. It is only during the final reveal that the viewer is consciously made to realise how deeply involved they had become in the story all along. However, will this realisation come with a sigh of relief or despair?
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