Although "Revanche" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it is NOT for everyone. That's because there is lots of nudity (including frontal), violence, drug use and a variety of other nastiness. So, it's NOT a film you show your young kids, mother-in-law or Father Jenkins! Plus, many folks just don't want to see a film this explicit. Had I known it was like this, I might not have rented the film. Plus, so much of the explicitness in the film seemed unnecessary for advancing the plot.
The film is about a couple of lovers who are difficult to like--you might feel a bit sorry for them, but they are not folks you'll like. Alex is an ex-con and Tamara is a prostitute who is heavily in debt. When Tamara's pimp starts getting violent, the two escape--but they need money to leave the country. So, Alex robs a bank and in the process Tamara is shot and killed. Alex loved Tamara very much and he toys with the notion of finding the cop who shot her and getting revenge. This plan gets easier when it turns out the cop's wife knows Alex's father--an odd coincidence, I know. But there turns out to be a lot more to it than this--and the course of the film took me a bit by surprise. I won't say more--it would spoil the movie.
The plot for "Revanche" and the acting were excellent. As I said above, however, it was hard to like the characters and so much nudity makes it a very good film that many won't ever get to see. Now I am not saying all of it should have been eliminated and some of the sexual content was definitely necessary for the plot.
The film is about a couple of lovers who are difficult to like--you might feel a bit sorry for them, but they are not folks you'll like. Alex is an ex-con and Tamara is a prostitute who is heavily in debt. When Tamara's pimp starts getting violent, the two escape--but they need money to leave the country. So, Alex robs a bank and in the process Tamara is shot and killed. Alex loved Tamara very much and he toys with the notion of finding the cop who shot her and getting revenge. This plan gets easier when it turns out the cop's wife knows Alex's father--an odd coincidence, I know. But there turns out to be a lot more to it than this--and the course of the film took me a bit by surprise. I won't say more--it would spoil the movie.
The plot for "Revanche" and the acting were excellent. As I said above, however, it was hard to like the characters and so much nudity makes it a very good film that many won't ever get to see. Now I am not saying all of it should have been eliminated and some of the sexual content was definitely necessary for the plot.