A Matter of Trust (2022)
The structure of this is unique and will likely be off-putting for many, but I appreciate what it is trying to do - even though it doesn’t fully succeed. Five unrelated small stories are told in between each other with only a thematic connection between them. As the English title suggest, it is about trust, though the Danish title is roughly “No One Knows The Day”. In some the trust theme is more apparent than others. It also a film that doesn’t give any answers, there are plenty of things left unsaid, unexplained and unresolved. Background information left out where we will have to fill in the blanks. Every small story does have an underlying sense of something eerie, wrong or sad.
I really like the ambition behind this movie, even though it does balance on the edge of being too opaque or loose with its narrative. A few scenes has an element of supernatural hallucinations that I don’t think quite work and some of the acting is a bit wonky in parts. A flawed film, but interesting for what it attempts.
Rating: 3.5