REVIEW
Naked New Zealanders, time machines and Korean car chases
Nude Tuesday
Kit Bithell
It’s Nûde Tuęsdäy! Time to get your kit off and wander through the mountains of Zǿbftąņ. Or at least it is for stiff middle-class couple Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman), who attempt to save their failing marriage by attending a new-age sex retreat where everyone speaks in a Scandi-inspired gibberish language delightfully translated through clever use of subtitles.
Although sex isuntil we reach the titular Nûde Tuęsdäy, where bodies gloriously wobble through the New Zealand landscape in normalisation of nakedness. Although the premise may seem gimmicky, the performances and the inventive use of subtitling still offer hearty giggles and insightful reflections long after this admittedly intriguing concept loses its novelty.
