Alien Visitor

Director Rolf de Heer (THE QUIET ROOM) brings a striking gravity to his films and often toys with the perception of time, but this stunningly photographed reflection on the human condition seems a bit protracted. In flashbacks, a grandmother (Alethea McGrath) tells her granddaughters a campfire tale about an odd wayfarer (Syd Brisbane) she once met. This traveler claims that while vacationing in the desert, he encountered a nude woman who claimed to be an alien. The man is more inclined to believe that she's a mental patient, but in between denigrating humankind the hypercritical stranger uses her powers to slow down or speed up time. She transports her earth-guide t...