Verlobung auf Umwegen

Aussie migrant Rowe has an acute eye for the emotional badlands travelled by Lopez's struggling journo. A tough but humane and affecting watch.

The sex scenes can be tough to watch, the more so as the reason for her rage and self-hate dawns on us; del Carmen's performance is powerful and painful.

...doesn’t go where it appears to be heading, and del Carmen’s wrenching performance is somehow both raw and completely mysterious. She’s an open question the film takes its time answering.