One day, a radio newscaster, driving, hits something, or someone, after cheating on his wife. The wife readies their son for school as usual, but the rest of her day is unexpected. The boy, indirectly and directly affected by the issues in his parents’ marriage, nurses a crush on his classmate. In turn we follow each character, just like in the movie Vantage Point, but this is a deliberately paced Swiss drama, not a ludicrous Hollywood thriller. There is a jigsaw-puzzle aspect to the way the stories fit together, but also a preciosity to the writing, in particular as to the boy’s strange behavior.
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viewed 4/9/08; reviewed 4/11/08; screened at Philadelphia Film Festival
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