Complete waste of time & money! I should have read other reviews & TRUSTED THEM! Argh! Such a frustratingly boring & predictable film.

Maybe the book was just this bad as well. My wife and I love foreign films and are open to some interpretation of symbolism to represent action in the plot, but this film just fails on all fronts. It starts with no background and does nothing to explain all of the strangeness that follows. Maybe artists will love it for some parallel universe that it assumes to tell the story of, but it makes no sense regardless of how weird you want to make it. Even the 6th sense made sense of it at the end and it came together. Total disappointment and waste of some Acting talent.

Ethan Hawke is incredible. He is a subtle but powerful and vulnerable actor. His performance is the best thing about this film. The story is a bit confusing. There aren't subtitles on the french speaking parts? I liked it but mainly because of his performance. It's very raw and powerful and heartbreaking at the same time.

This is the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. Horrible

Go into your settings and turn on subtitles - very good movie - worth it.

This movie isn't for everyone. The drama plays out metaphorically, and it follows a kind of dream logic that's easy to miss if you don't catch it right away. But if you've ever brooded over your art, and if you've ever suspected that whatever inspires you couldn't care less about your well being, you won't find a better confirmation of it this side of an Eliade novel.

A great art house psychological thriller. But you need to understand French as there are no subtitles in this version.