1995 · drama · romance
Flirt (Hal Hartley)
Directed by Hal Hartley1h 25m1995
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?
Our read: Flirt (Hal Hartley) (1995) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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