95. Hannah; movie review
Cert 12A
93 mins
BBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong language
What must it be like for your nearest and dearest to have carried out an unspeakable crime?
Would you support them whatever the evidence or would you turn your back on them?
Obviously, everyone feels sorry for the victims but Mrs W and I have often wondered what it must be like to be a close relative of the perpetrator.
This is the basic premise of Hannah in which the title character (Charlotte Rampling) is left to face the consequences when her husband (André Wilms) is sent to jail.
Rampling excels in the lead role, a woman who stands by her man, only allowing her emotions to escape during her regular acting lessons.
Nevertheless, she is terribly wounded by the angry reaction of her son and the consequent barrier to her grandson.
She also becomes more and more tortured by how society views her.
And then she begins to have doubts as over whether her loyalty is misplaced.
Hannah is an unusual film in many ways - not least that it attacks a potentially disturbing story in a curiously offbeat way.
This is exemplified in the first scene when Hannah is participating in an exaggerated voice exercise in her acting class.
Indeed, in my view, Andrea Pallaoro dissipates the drama by keeping the important scenes low-key and filling the gaps with... nothing much.
Therefore, Hannah is seen on the tube, washing up, feeding the cat, getting changed.....
Yes, I get the point that she is trying to act normally amid extraordinary circumstances but there is too much lingering.
And then there is an ending which is deeply unsatisfying.
Nevertheless, I was engaged by the concept and, despite my reservations with certain elements of the film, Rampling is certainly worth watching.
Reasons to avoid: The camera lingers too long
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: Yes
Overall rating: 6.5/10
Did you know? Charlotte Rampling's career began after she plucked from the secretarial pool as a teenager by an executive on the floor above who thought she looked pretty and asked her to appear in a Cadbury’s advert.
The final word. Andrea Pallaoro: "What happens after you spend 40 or 50 years with someone else and then you find out something so extreme about that person that it changes the way you look at the world? It was my intention to explore this very specific emotional and psychological state of mind."
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