Film No. 36 (2022) April 29th. 6:00 PM PALACE Cinema 3, Raine Square, Perth City.
"What world do you live in? With all the violence out there in the world ... they're trying to rip us off."(The un-named selfish father pleads with his daughter Claudia to open her eyes to the world).
Is IMMERSION all about questions relating to the selfish values of the middle class? Is it about family disconnect and the thoughts that promote negative feelings for one another? Or is it simply a film that doesn't quite hit the mark as a thriller, but young Chilean director Nic Postiglione's future work will still be worth a look? I think all of these questions have relevance in IMMERSION.
Put simply, Ricardo, played perfectly by veteran Alfredo Castro takes daughters Tere (Consuelo Carreno) and Claudia (Mariela Mignot) sailing on a lake known to him from family gatherings past. Their destination, a ram shackle old house left to him by his brother. While on the lake, in the early scenes, we learn Alfredo is all about Alfredo. As his daughters laze in the sun on deck he spots a small vessel sinking with three occupants on board. He turns a blind eye, raises the anchor and retreats rapidly. Tere observes her father's uncompassionate behaviour and so the slow burn thriller unfurls.
Postiglione constantly askes his audience questions about family, trust, prejudices, compassion and finally, what is really important in life. Wrapping this exploration of ideas in a thriller of 95 minutes gives us a compact time frame in which to come to our own conclusions. IMMERSION is worth a look, if you can find a showing. 8GUMS.
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