Drift Eschews Narrative In Favor Of Minimalist & Seductive Solitude [Nd/Nf Review]

Two unnamed women (Theresa George and Josefina Gill) spend a quiet weekend together around the North Sea, before parting as one (George) sails solo across the Atlantic and the other (Gill) returns home.

Quiet and meditative to an extreme, Helena Wittmann’s debut feature “Drift,” which premiered at Venice and part of the New Directors/New Films festival, eschews any type of traditional narrative for an equally absorbing and prolonged film that confronts both the seduction and disenchantment of solitude.

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