Delight *** (2013, Tim Dutton, Gavin Fowler, Jeanne Balibar) – Movie Review

There’s something commendable about this minimal but quietly mesmerising drama from independent British writer-director Gareth Jones.

Jeanne Balibar as Echo.

French actress Jeanne Balibar plays passionate former war photographer Echo hits the road with her two children after leaving her sleazy tabloid journo husband Gregor(Tim Dutton) and hoves up in Wales on the lookout for Jo (Rupert Allan), a brilliant visual artist and one-time colleague.

Tim Dutton as Gregor,

Reeling from the discovery that Jo recently committed suicide, Echo falls headlong into a love affair with his son, Zac (Gavin Fowler). Finding herself the talk of the community that surround Jo’s farm, which also houses his widow Glennis (Eiry Thomas) and Zac’s grandmother Grace (Sue Jones-Davies), Echo struggles to control her emotions when confronted by the painful ghosts of the past.

Gavin Fowler as Zac.

It’s all quite difficult to watch, but haunting in its weird, unique, way, running a real-life , not movie, pace where time virtually stands still. It’s achingly sincere, and, if it’s a bit amateurish, that’s in a good way of its proper meaning.

© Derek Winnert 2015 Movie Review

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