EARWIG TBC
May 27, 2022
0 minutes
LEILA LATIF
★★★☆☆ OUT 10 JUNE CINEMAS
Following (2004) and (2015), arthouse favourite Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s third feature is another uniquely strange concoction, telling an eerie story about a girl who has melting ice for teeth. Mia (Romane Hemelaers) lives with the eponymous ‘Earwig’ (Paul Hilton), who drains and refreezes the teeth and reports daily to a sinister, mysterious employer on the telephone. It’s all rather self-indulgent and glacially paced, filled with prolonged, dialogue-free stretches. But some of the surreal sights and sense of nightmare logic prove just as chilling as Mia’s gnashers.
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