
When love first makes its appearance in the life of teenager Liv, her parents announce that they are getting a divorce. A film about disappointment and pink hair.
Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.
The French-born director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s strategic choice to entrust the interpretation of a conventional, feminine character to a non-binary actor pays off: Corrin’s Lady Chatterley is awkward, edgy, and uninhibited at the same time.
For those tranquil houses with white fences, what is happening behind every closed door?
Jordan Peele’s film is an intelligent and unflinching piece of work, firmly focused on the African American experience.