Excellent storytelling

I was skeptical when this was recommended by an acquaintance with very eclectic tastes but it was good advice.

It is well crafted and draws the viewer into several assumptive positions (if you're that kind of person) which are kindly refuted as it begins to deploy its real payload. The washed-out first part seems to hint at the emptiness and purposelessness of the initial narrative yet alludes to a richer and more valuable further realm in the way we see our lives at certain times.

My take is that it is about nobility, of spirit, of action and of choice. Our immersion into reality is a choice; we can change it and view things through any shaped lens, or no lens at all. There seems to be no love in the film yet it is hinted at by the loyalty and forgiveness of Ash for a 'crime' she did not commit but remained silent about.

The ending was a very well balanced denoument for the story. Really worth seeing and highly recommended.

9/10