It's 4th of July. Claire (Ellen Barkin) wakes up in a bloody dress next to an airport runway in Spain without any of her possessions. She remembers 5 days ago in the US with Del (Martin Sheen) planning her big stunt sky dive on the July 4th holiday. She takes off for Spain vowing to return for the stunt. She's there to see trapeze artist ex-lover Augustine (Gabriel Byrne) and meets his wife Maria (Isabella Rossellini). As she tries to recall the last few days, she stumbles in the streets, almost gets raped and attends a party where she meets Nancy (Jodie Foster) and Kit (Julian Sands).
The most memorable thing is Ellen Barkin in and out of her red dress. However everything else is a mess. The dialog is horribly written and delivered clunkyly. Barkin is walking around in a daze which is very fitting for this movie. Its worst sin is that it's boring. I find her odyssey rather lackluster. I don't care if she killed anybody or not. Director Mary Lambert tries to inject some surrealism but it's done badly like everything else in this movie. The best thing that I can ascribe to this movie is that it tries very hard to be different.
The most memorable thing is Ellen Barkin in and out of her red dress. However everything else is a mess. The dialog is horribly written and delivered clunkyly. Barkin is walking around in a daze which is very fitting for this movie. Its worst sin is that it's boring. I find her odyssey rather lackluster. I don't care if she killed anybody or not. Director Mary Lambert tries to inject some surrealism but it's done badly like everything else in this movie. The best thing that I can ascribe to this movie is that it tries very hard to be different.