Sundown

There’s a sense of dread running through this deeply discomfiting – but gripping – character study.

Sundown is both as mean as Franco’s reputation suggests and as compelling.

Franco may be making a point about the effects of disparity in wealth, but why base it on a narrative trick?

It's a lot, and at the same time it simply isn't enough.

Roth’s performance is utterly absorbing.

Tim Roth is perfectly cast as Neil. Throughout his acting career, Roth has excelled at portraying opaque characters whose true motivations are hidden.

This is a sliver of a story, told quickly, but it lingers like sunspots on the backs of your eyelids as your eyes close, tired by looking out to sea.

Franco’s cinematic character study explores the reasons for the self-imposed exile with a show-don’t-tell style that should have cineastes celebrating the lack of prose dumpers disguised as characters.

In Sundown, Michel Franco presents an irresistibly visible film, in which every step plants the seeds of intrigue and mystery. [Full review in Spanish]

Michel Franco delivers a harsh and disturbing film, with a nihilistic drift... [Full review in Spanish]