for those who appreciate oddities in filmmaking.”
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
Dutch-born but longtime living in Australia director Paul Cox (”Lonely
Hearts“), has based this film on a short story set in the 19th century
by Guy de Maupassant called “La Chevelure.” It’s set in modern Australia
and concerns a bachelor named Bernard Simon (Chris Haywood), who is a specialist
in repairing antique clocks. Bernard is obsessed by both clocks and death,
keeping a household full of clocks. Bernard likes the ones that are not
battery operated because they tick, giving off vital life signs. The protagonist’s
obsessions are so extreme, that he’s seeing a psychiatrist (Kaye) to get
help in dealing with reality.
The story revolves around Bernard’s newest romantic obsession, another
sensitive but lost soul like him, Terese (Gosia Dobrowolska). She’s unhappily
married and is a social worker for the Salvation Army. Terese’s naive husband
Joseph (Paul Chubb) is a major in the Salvation Army, and would prefer
to be kept ignorant of her affair. Bernard is a generous benefactor to
the Army, which greatly pleases the major.
When an antique shop owner’s husband dies his wife sells Bernard
an antique Venetian cabinet, which instead turns out to be German. But
Bernard finds inside one of the secret drawers a golden braid and this
sets his imagination off; Bernard tries to have conversations with the
braid in order to find out about the love life of the woman whose braid
it is, believing that it’s still alive and can understand him. The poor
soul has lost track of reality and is absorbed in a world of fantasy, and
is in danger of losing the real-life lover who is well suited for him.
Terese tells him that she only knows that she’s alive when she’s with someone
who loves her, and demands his full attention.
In this slow-paced character study of the obsessed man, there are
a few memorable scenes: the gentle lovemaking between the two hurt souls;
the brilliant cello solo by Phillip Green entitled “Song of the Birds;”
and, a confessional scene between Bernard and the priest, where the priest
agrees that as long as you pay for your lust it is not a sin.
The film’s humor is derived from the unique house that Bernard lives
in that’s filled with clocks chiming, its many art works and antiques.
Also, quite charming is Bernard’s revealing conversation with Terese, where
she ridicules him for having slept with around 100 women in his lifetime
and can therefore be considered as a collector of women. She says one woman
is all one man needs.
There’s a quiet brilliance to this melancholy chamber piece. It is
enhanced by the beautiful cinematography of Nino Gaetano Martinetti. It’s
a film for those who appreciate oddities in filmmaking and are not deterred
by the slightness of the story or the slow way it gets to where it’s going.
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