Guilty of Romance 2011 ★★★★

Watched Jul 15, 2012

The last film in Shion Sono's so-called 'Hate Trilogy' is arguably the weakest - but it's Sono, so it's still pretty brilliant. In this haunting and gorgeously-lit film, a repressed housewife falls down a Lynchean rabbit hole into a world of sex and depravity. She witnesses firsthand how love and the fulfillment of desire are often mutually exclusive - and how the pursuit of either frequently leads to self-destruction. Actress Makoto Togashi delivers a breakout performance.

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