Director Aristarain’s meditation on displacement and isolation is at once intelligent, incisive, and deeply felt. The always reliable Luppi is superb here in a largely unsympathetic role, and Roth breaks your heart as his lonely, vulnerable, drug-addled mistress. Though some may complain of too much talk and too little action, it seems like perceptive, adult character studies are fast becoming an endangered species in film these days, and so should be celebrated. If you agree, introduce yourself to “Martin.”
