Director Hans Canosa's bittersweet chronicle of an encounter between two unnamed guests at a New York City wedding reception is a daring, feature-length experiment in "dual-frame" or "split-screen" filmmaking, in which the actors appear side by side in separate frames shot by two different cameras. The technique works surprisingly well, in large part thanks to clever editing and the sharp chemistry between Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart, who are on one screen or the other for every moment. As his sister's wedding reception winds down, a Manhattan lawyer (Eckhart) downs his drink and screws up his courage to approach a solitary bridesmaid (Bonham Carter). He s...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
84 mins