Il Futuro
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  • Summary: When her parents die in a tragic car accident, adolescent Bianca's universe is suspended. Entrusted with the care of her younger brother, Tomas, she struggles to hold it together. Life is further complicated when Toma´s's gym-rat friends invite themselves to stay indefinitely. Using Bianca aas a lure for a heist they've concocted, they convince her to initiate a sexual relationship with an enigmatic blind hermit, Maciste (Rutger Hauer). But as the two spend time together, Bianca unexpectedly finds normalcy and acceptance in the aging B-movie star and former Mr. Universe's rococo mansion. [Strand Releasing]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Sep 5, 2013
    90
    Ms. Scherson’s style — backed wholeheartedly by the cool cinematography of Ricardo de Angelis — may value mood over information, but it’s the perfect vehicle for a portrait of two damaged souls grasping for a security they no longer possess.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: John Oursler
    Sep 3, 2013
    90
    Scherson, adapting Roberto Bolaño's novel, incorporates surrealistic, hyper-expressive visual techniques, resulting in a film that is excitingly unclassifiable.
  3. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Gabe Toro
    Sep 6, 2013
    83
    It seems like a statement that Il Futuro presents simple but intriguing conflicts that nonetheless resolve anti-climactically, denying us an organic end.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Sep 3, 2013
    80
    It’s wonderful to think that a movie is, for a change, ahead of you.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alissa Simon
    Sep 3, 2013
    80
    Even though mood trumps character psychology, the entire cast provides mesmerizing, evocative performances.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Sep 3, 2013
    70
    Thoughtful and less sensationalistic than its premise might suggest, it's made for arthouses and offers a fine showcase for costar Rutger Hauer.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Bill Weber
    Sep 3, 2013
    50
    A counterproductively "literary" film with no satisfying payoffs, Rutger Hauer's blind recluse notwithstanding.

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