Climates (2006)

What sticks to me as I recall the film is how incredibly well sentiments were mined from the actors. I haven't seen such a harrowing portrayal of human desires and emotions in a long time. The pre-credits scene, the longtake of Bahar's face showed how complex the relationship is. It's that feeling I got from that, which really sets the tone for the entire film. Also you can't help feeling you're in (or perhaps walking in) on something personal when the director and his wife (who looks hauntingly beautiful) star in the film as the troubled couple. I think the director was trying to address and own up to his and possibly the male species' failings, in being selfish and being non-committal, preferring isolation in many cases. It just unsettled me to see how the worst breakups can be the ones that are mutual, when there's not even love loss between two people. Zooming out, its gorgeous in how it equates space and environment to its character's emotional states and you get the feeling that you can pretty much write pages about a single frame captured at any time. Perhaps, I was just in the right melancholic mood watching it but if I had to watch it again now, I think I might have to prepare myself.