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6.2 The Book of Revelation
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Musical & Performing Arts
A talented dancer who was abducted and tortured by three mysterious women struggles to come to grips with his harrowing experience in director Ana Kokkinos' adaptation of Rupert Thompson's unsettling novel. A beautiful and charismatic dancer who has immersed himself in a dream world of graceful movement, Daniel (Tom Long) maintains an amiable but somewhat detached relationship with his girlfriend, and a passionate relationship with his mentor and choreographer Isabel (Greta Scacci). When Daniel ventures out for cigarettes one day and doesn't return, the women in his life are devastated. Upon returning without explanation eleven days later, the profoundly shaken Daniel is unable to articulate his experience and loses his ability to dance. To make matters worse, Daniel is unable to engage emotionally with even the people who were closest to him before the strange incident. Now, in order to reclaim his identity by confronting his abductors, Daniel sets out to find the three women with only his memories of the ambient sounds that flowed into his window to guide him. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Rating
NR
Director
Ana Kokkinos
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- This movie is a nice compilation of the Book of Revelation. This movie was not made by Jehovah's Witness, but still a good visual of the last days of the apostle John in the earth.Reply
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- Primally terrifying. Evocative and stimulating. Brilliantly acted. Surely a film from which many will seek a "message" or "point".Reply
- A confronting and compelling film; an interesting tale of reversals in sexual power and the nature of sexual expression and vulnerability. This is a fantastic, poetic film with interesting and unexpected themes. I love the interesting, intelligent ideas placed firmly in a believable contemporary Australian context. Debra Mailman's character is great. It's a pity, but most people, I suspect, will miss the point. An interesting clue to typical audience responses is in the attempted-confession-to-the-cops scene; the male character's traumatic perspective is pretty-much belittled, dismissed or otherwise not really listened to.Reply
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- Strangely unemotional, yet somehow effective. I was curious to see if the idea of female-on-male rape could be effectively portrayed as a traumatising experience, and I think Kokkinos managed to pull that off (no pun intended), with some genuinelly disturbing scenarios. It worked for me, but I'm not sure why.Reply
- Having read the novel years ago, I was interested to see how Australian filmmakers would interpret a novel that seemed to be very much about location. Turns out it didn't really make much difference. Does it live up to the novel? Yes and no - I really had to make an effort to disassociate myself from what I already knew. It's a discomforting but interesting film to watch. Don't think I'll be doing it again.Reply
- I think the acting of Tom Long was quite convincing, though the plot felt thin at times, as well as overstreched. Some interesting food for thought, however, I felt they used too many "common places" for arty films and that it was longer than required. Love the emotional content of all the dance scenes...Reply
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- Interesting Australian drama that is a too slow in many parts but the bit it is based around makes up for it.Reply
- Curious mixture of pretentious high art and predictable 'issue' drama which makes little logical sense. It dragged badly in parts and your enjoyment will depend on how plausible you find the rape scenario and your empathy with the lead character's suffering.Reply
- totally mind-blowing and phobia-inducing. a troubling full-frontal look at gender equality. *wince*Reply