Suntan

What a great little film about a middle aged, middle class doctor who is lonely without knowing it. Without knowing it, he craves adventure. He craves love. He is a bon-viveur. He meets a group of hedonistic Europeans and falls in love with a young woman he treats at his surgery. A young woman who expects he shares her care free, hedonistic attitude to life, and (free) love. Middle aged bon viveur, meet young hedonist. It can only go one way, and it ain't pleasure but pain. A fantastic addition to the growing 'Greek Weird' wave of films (Pity, Dogtooth, and the English language yet very Lanthimomian Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Lobster. If you enjoy your humour with coatings of tragedy, this film, and indeed this genre is for you. Bring on the next wave of Greek weird...