In this soul-searching neo-noir mystery, a washed-up tennis pro at a hotel resort finds a personal escape when he crosses paths with a tourist family.
Tom (Sam Riley – ‘Control’), a one-time tennis pro, now hits countless balls over the net to tourists who come to escape their everyday lives at Fuerteventura, the largest of the Canary Islands. Living an endless summer, Tom fills the emptiness inside with booze and brief affairs. He is still kidding himself that he is in paradise, but it is beginning to dawn on him that he has wound up in hell. The appearance of a woman from his past (Stacy Martin – ‘The Brutalist’) and the subsequent disappearance of her husband (Jack Farthing – ‘Poldark’) force the beach-bum tennis coach to confront the mystery of what he is hiding from. The three leads are all very impressive, as is the ultra-wide Cinemascope aspect ratio which really does justice to the beautiful Atlantic locations. (Some subtitles)
Germany 2025 Jan-Ole Gerster 123m
