It is an arthouse psychodrama like Bergman's Persona. But it's long, slow, overwrought and devoid of real tension.
I mean the plot centers around a synchronized diver who bails on her partner when she develops tinnitus and balance issues that affect her athletic goals. (Or is she making it up and just crazy?) She takes a gig as a fake mermaid at a tourist attraction but then wriggles her way back into competitive diving. Her old partner is a total nightmare about it. They argue A LOT. It gets tedious. I mean very tedious.
There is a part about Japanese culture and an analogy using kintsugi. But that is about the only thing of interest in the whole movie.
Oh yeah, and first diving lady gouges out her own eardrums. The end.
I mean the plot centers around a synchronized diver who bails on her partner when she develops tinnitus and balance issues that affect her athletic goals. (Or is she making it up and just crazy?) She takes a gig as a fake mermaid at a tourist attraction but then wriggles her way back into competitive diving. Her old partner is a total nightmare about it. They argue A LOT. It gets tedious. I mean very tedious.
There is a part about Japanese culture and an analogy using kintsugi. But that is about the only thing of interest in the whole movie.
Oh yeah, and first diving lady gouges out her own eardrums. The end.