West of Wonderland

Experimental in its approach, with a little element of fantasy thrown in the mix, the narrative is a journey that two brothers, Finn and Luke, embark upon, outwards as much inwards. The first few minutes in the film make it clear that their equation is not one marked by intimacy and warmth. However, a piece of paper, an unexpected postcard from a sibling, arrives at their doorstep like a relic from a past they had perhaps chosen to forget, and thus begins a motion of events that would come to alter things for them in a lasting manner.

Finding themselves at a cabin in the middle of nowhere, a strange woman, a guardian of sorts of their sister, orchestrates the most unusual tea party, marked by its flights from reality into a realm that is both unknown and disconcerting for the brothers. It is only when they are on their way out in a mad rush that they stumble across something that allows them a moment of connection not only with the memory of their sister, but also with a part of themselves they had long forgotten or denied to themselves, or both.

The film operates significantly in the space of symbols and metaphors and thus requires the viewer's full attention to be able to connect and decipher them. It is precisely this endeavor of the narrative (which could have gained from a closer attention to lucidity) that might make it difficult for consumption for some viewers.