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2.5/4
Gloomy, depressing and thrilling at the same time
ikkegoemikke - wrote on 01/04/2016
"Whenever I was away... Jobs, meetings, whatever...
Whenever there was a pause, a silence, my thoughts would just drift towards him.
He was always the first thing that came into my head.
Sometimes the only thing."
"Still" is gray, gloomy, depressing and poignant at the same time. It shows how someone, torn by grief after the loss of his son, leads a self-destructive life and immerses himself into a downward spiral. A hopeless life with alcohol and drugs as support. The film begins with the sound of the fatal accident and snapshots of the victim. Initially, it's a character study of Tom Carver (Aidan Gillen), a freelance photographer. But gradually it evolves into a dark thriller when a seemingly harmless incident arises between Tom and a local rascal. What follows is a …
