Hidden (Cache) - 2004

R: Wow. WOW. There's a simple equation that guides me in choosing films to watch:

(psychological thriller) x (allegory on decolonization) = (utter wankery)

Here, that equation fails. It's a little surprising, but it manages to be both of the things on the LHS, and not the thing on the RHS. Impressive.

A little synopsis: a fat happy French family starts getting anonymous video tapes containing footage of their house. This is more than a little creepy, and as you might hope, things start to get weird. The surrealism settles in slowly, which is a blessing. Or maybe it's not surrealism -- the director decided not to include the dialogue in the last scene, which renders the whole movie quite the puzzle. I'd be happy to argue with you about it after you've seen it :)