Nobody Has to Know (2021)

Nobody Has to Know (2021). Nobody Has to Know: Directed by Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Tim Mielants. With Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Andrew Still, Julian Glover. Phil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.

“Saw this at a film society in Oz. This is in an expertly done romance set in a severe but beautiful coastal landscape of a northern Scotland isle. The male and female leads, Bouli Lanners and Michelle Fairley both are listed as directors and Bouli also for screenplay. Dialogue is as sparse as the trees on the hills, but pleasantly sufficient. The characters and views reminded me a little of Babettes u0026#39;feastersu0026#39;, the stark cold scenery and dour people of a hard, high number, latitude.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePhil from Belgium is living and working on the island. After he suffers a minor stroke that causes amnesia, Millie falsely tells him he was previously in a relationship with her. As the story unfolds you feel the frustration of constricted feelings and too the warmth of their torturous release. A nice film, it makes me realize why I go to u0026#39;art moviesu0026#39;.”