CHRONIC (2015) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Michel Franco

Written by - Michel Franco

Starring - Eli Roth

"A character study. A nurse taking care of the dying, who need him as much as he needs them, so good at his job as to arouse suspicions among his patients' family. 

CHRONIC is a film about death, but more rewardingly about people's behaviours when coming face to face with mortality. MICHEL FRANCO's disarming leniance towards realism, through still camerawork, cold lighting and lack of manipulative music soundtrack intensifies the ambiguity of the film and plays with the darker sides of this character driven story. It is, in other words, hyper non-judgemental towards the character that dominates its structure and narrative. 

This portrayal turn is intensified by TIM ROTH's leading performance, soft spoken and mysterious, leading to further ambivolence and psychological depth. 

In the end, CHRONIC may even be read as an audacious experimentation on the audience, distracted by the story and subjected to uncomfortable moments of portrayals of vulnerability induced by illness and impending death."

Drama, Mexico/France