It?s hard to say whether Patric Chiha?s unabashedly out-there drama Domain is actually good or whether it simply nuzzles very cozily against the shoulder of so-bad-it?s-good. After seeing the movie twice, I?m inclined to say Domain splits the difference -- Chiha knows when the story is wobbling off the rails of credibility and leans into the turn, embracing the narrative?s full-on nuttiness. And face it: You don?t cast B�atrice Dalle as a middle-aged (but sensuous as heck) alcoholic mathematician unless you mean business. No wonder John Waters named Domain his number-one movie of 2010.
Now viewers Stateside can bask in the picture?s bonkers glory, but be forewarned: The demented pleasures of Domain are slow-burning ones. As Waters aptly put it in Art Forum, this is a movie where the two main characters form a ?perversely close? relationship by taking walks ? ?Lots of walks! So many walks you?ll be left breathless by the sheer elegance of this astonishing little workout.? You may also wobble out feeling more than a little pickled: Dalle plays Nadia, a brilliant but sozzled thinker who?s idolized by her teenaged nephew, Pierre (Isa�e Sultan). It seems Pierre is still trying to figure out his sexuality (though when he decisively chooses the dress Nadia should wear to dinner one evening, it?s pretty clear which team he?s leaning toward). Mostly, though, he?s captivated by his aunt, sneaking away from his disapproving mother, Nadia?s sister, to spend time with her. And why wouldn?t he? When the two step into a caf� for a glass of wine, Nadia gulps most of hers before loudly berating the waiter, the corners of her mouth turned down in a task-mistress? pout. ?This white wine is undrinkable. How dare you serve it,? she observes dryly as she spills the…
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