Maryland

La réponse européenne au Bodyguard hollywoodien, presque comme celle de Haneke (et de Bier en même temps). Minimaliste, psychologique, avec un protagoniste tourmenté par une psychose paranoïaque et aspirant vainement à être enlacé et à avoir quelque chose de signifiant dans sa vie. Film sensible et rude, palpitant et glacial dans les passages de thriller, subtilement fragile dans les relations. Une affaire excellente pour un spectateur exigeant. (24/03/2016)

A mix of The Bodyguard (focusing on the protagonist and his fragile relationship with his employer) and Drive (the aesthetics, the minimalism, the music). It's a pity it's so austere and short for what it's about. The emotional level is strong and the running time is too short to fully get under the skin of the main characters. The more action-packed passages are surprisingly chilling and suspenseful. It fits right in with the contemporary European trend of more ambitious filmmaking. (04/12/2016)

This unreasonable attempt to combine a psychological drama about a disturbed soldier and a thriller about protecting the family of a dubious Lebanese businessman was supposed to be scathing and dramatic, but turned out as a naughty hybrid of Paranormal Activity, Inspector Rex (on antidepressants) and a thriller with Ondřej Vetchý. In the end, its final name, Disorder, is an apt title - but it seems that the crew itself suffered from (perception) disorders in addition to the protagonist and the crew. [Cannes 2015] (18/05/2015)