Charlotte, Elona, and Raphaëlle explore inner worlds through oneiric states. Raphaëlle, struggling with maladaptive daydreaming, escapes into highly immersive fantasies, torn between joy and suffering. This refuge keeps her from facing reality, including her homosexuality. Over time, she learns to break free from it, embrace her identity, and write. Through discussions with specialists and a writing workshop, the three young women share their perspectives on dreams and existence in an intimate and existential journey.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."
“Synchronic” is special, but it doesn’t succeed in achieving all the objectives it aims for. The film is a science fiction oeuvre which tries to be cerebral at some points, although the original idea is interesting, it only accomplishes to talk about some serious matters superficially.
Korean Dramas deserve your attention and not just the ones on Netflix.
