#BFIFlare Review: Dual (Hearts) by Nejc Gazvoda

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Cast:
Nina Rakovec - Tina
Mia Jexen - Iben
Jure Henigman - Matic
Matjaž Tribušon - Tina's father
Nataša Barbara Gračner - Tina's mother   



If you haven't read the write up on this film before watching, the opening scene could make you think that you are about to watch a version of Camp, Glee or High School Musical (which is exactly what happened to me!).

Fear not, this is not the case.

We open in an airport lounge, various people are waiting and as we pan across each character they are miming along to the background track. The song, Cold Heart by Monkey Cup Dress, is soulful and beautiful.
Iben is a passenger awaiting her flight, she seems vacant, almost haunted by something. Tina drives the transit bus for the hotel where the passengers are based when their flight gets cancelled.

This film follows Iben and Tina during 24 hours in Slovenia. Iben is Dutch and Tina Slovenian, their common ground is English.

There are moments of comedy, moments of sadness, and this film is executed well in bringing to life the emotion of a random meeting with someone like yourself, a soulmate who understands you like no one else can. It shows how even from very different backgrounds, with different interests and lives; you can be drawn to someone. It shows how sometimes things that take place in our life can lead us to take a chance, to try something new, and how we cope with challenges in life.

It features some dramatic scenes that are so emotional and heart wrenching incorporating, with sound and music successfully to addding to the atmosphere.

I really enjoyed this film, and would recommend you watch it. The only thing that could have made it better for me was more certainty in the ending; but that is personal preference. The film allows you to decide how Iben and Tina end up.

View the trailer here:




 By Naomi