With striking compositions and cuts that reveal a deep appreciation of cinema's possibilities, Valeria Golino's Honey could be about anything at all and still demand and hold your attention; that the narrative is as moving as the film is aesthetically precise is an added delight.
Jasmine Trinca stars as Irene, a young woman who performs assisted suicides for the terminally ill. Irene has a relatively stable existence, with a lover and periodic trips to Mexico for work. Things become complex, however, when she supplies fatal drugs to Carlo (Carlo Cecchi), a man who turns out to be perfectly healthy.
As Irene tries to recover the drugs, she and Carlo develop an unlikely friendship. That last sentence might sound like a logline for a Hollywood buddy comedy, but ...
Jasmine Trinca stars as Irene, a young woman who performs assisted suicides for the terminally ill. Irene has a relatively stable existence, with a lover and periodic trips to Mexico for work. Things become complex, however, when she supplies fatal drugs to Carlo (Carlo Cecchi), a man who turns out to be perfectly healthy.
As Irene tries to recover the drugs, she and Carlo develop an unlikely friendship. That last sentence might sound like a logline for a Hollywood buddy comedy, but ...
- 3/5/2014
- Village Voice
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