The Man Who Lies
DramaWar
A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.
VIBE
A disorienting, allegorical journey into fractured identity and the unreliable nature of memory. This film's austere, melancholic tone and unsettling atmosphere linger, questioning truth and perception long after the credits roll.
disorientingmelancholicunsettlingaustereslow-burnarthouseallegoricalEuropean cinemapsychological dramaidentitybetrayalmemorytrauma
allegoryworld war iiidentity crisisdouble identity
