Having watched and been enthralled by Triet's superb Anatomy of a Fall featuring an excellent Sandra Hüller, I sought out their previous shared feature Sibyl with some excitement; only to be sorely disappointed. Here the oblique and allusive style fails to entrance or in fact even entertain. The image for me is of that carefully constructed style aimed perhaps rather over thoughtfully like a hammer at an intricately fashioned nail...... and being brought down well wide of the mark. Sadly much less than the sum of its parts. Complexity for it's own and not the story's sake. Cloyingly erotic rather than sexy I'm afraid, and emotionally flat.
Review of Sibyl
