Bleak but beautiful, it's grim, unforgiving and probably unforgettable...darkly poetic, measured yet excitingly tense and acted with mammoth control.
Many people will no doubt be left scratching their heads, but it's cryptic storytelling style is what makes the piece so amazing. When the film starts you have no idea what is happening, who the characters are or their relationship to each-other. The two men talk pleasantries and then in a alarmingly short interval layout their macabre cards on the table.
It is very shocking to know that this motion picture is based on a true event that transpired in Germany in 2004. I find it utterly disturbing to know how far people will go to satisfy their delusions, based on fantasy and fetish. Less of a Director, no pun here, would no doubt of taken this production into torture porn territory, however Kevin Lucero Less displays maverick control in front and behind the camera.
The acting is without saying, monumental to the success of this picture. Kevin Lucero Less' portrayal of Decklan Quinn is raw mastery, built on nuance and is terrifyingly cold. Chuck Rankin in the role of Jean Pussan is wonderful, much more heart felt and the pain behind his eyes is clear and precise.
Passover takes you somewhere, forcing it's horrific reality far into your subconscious mind, staying there and making it's-self at home in your fears. Someone once said, "Bad films will always be there...but great films will always stay with you"
Many people will no doubt be left scratching their heads, but it's cryptic storytelling style is what makes the piece so amazing. When the film starts you have no idea what is happening, who the characters are or their relationship to each-other. The two men talk pleasantries and then in a alarmingly short interval layout their macabre cards on the table.
It is very shocking to know that this motion picture is based on a true event that transpired in Germany in 2004. I find it utterly disturbing to know how far people will go to satisfy their delusions, based on fantasy and fetish. Less of a Director, no pun here, would no doubt of taken this production into torture porn territory, however Kevin Lucero Less displays maverick control in front and behind the camera.
The acting is without saying, monumental to the success of this picture. Kevin Lucero Less' portrayal of Decklan Quinn is raw mastery, built on nuance and is terrifyingly cold. Chuck Rankin in the role of Jean Pussan is wonderful, much more heart felt and the pain behind his eyes is clear and precise.
Passover takes you somewhere, forcing it's horrific reality far into your subconscious mind, staying there and making it's-self at home in your fears. Someone once said, "Bad films will always be there...but great films will always stay with you"
