“Hold Me Tight” – Don’t let go [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Hold Me Tight,” based on Claudine Galea’s play “Je Reviens de Loin” (“I’ve Returned from Afar”), is a disorienting film written and directed by Mathieu Amalric. It will keep you disturbingly off center almost throughout its fast-paced 90 minutes. Packing a very few things, looking around her house for one last time, Clarisse leaves it all behind. Walking toward the garage, she unwraps the rarely used roadster and drives off. From the very first moments, the time frame is unclear. The car is old, she opens a small box and places a cassette tape in the player and listens to a fairly rudimentary piano lesson. It is her daughter Lucie, and Clarisse smiles as it brings up the visual of Lucie at the piano. Vicky Krieps as Clarisse in “Hold Me Tight.” Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber. Where is Clarisse going? Why? As she drives, she plays in her head what her husband is probably, at that very moment, is saying to her children. “She’ll be back soon.” “She’ll come back when she’s ready.” “Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe in three months.” Her husband Marc is nonplussed. But are we seeing what is actually happening or what Clarisse presumes is going on? Almaric is giving us a picture of…
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