A Love Affair of Sorts

2011 Comedy Drama

Fiction and reality merge in this romantic drama set in Los Angeles and shot entirely on flip cameras. Artist David (director David Guy Levy) and Hungarian nanny Enci (Lili Bordán) enter into a tenuous romance when David spies her shoplifting through the lens of his compact video camera. Later, when David's outspoken friend Jonathan (Jonathan Beckerman) and Enci's boyfriend, Boris (Iván Kamarás), enter the picture, things start to get complicated. Meanwhile, every interaction between these four floundering urbanites is captured on camera.

Director: David Guy Levy

Starring: Lili Bordán,David Guy Levy, Iván Kamarás, Jonathan Beckerman

 28 Reviews

Reviews

  • Levy's innovative movie should appeal to mumblecore fans while perplexing mainstream audiences.

    V.A. Musetto - New York Post

    29 November 2012

  • It's a shaky-cam meander through an unconvincing relationship, with detours considering the process of making the film. At 91 minutes, it seems very long.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    29 November 2012

  • The real problem here, though, is that noting the it's-all-about-me nature of modern life already feels like a point that no longer needs making. Yeah, we're self-absorbed and shallow; so what else is new?

    Neil Genzlinger - The New York Times

    29 November 2012

  • Though the title hints at a tale of infatuation, Levy sheds little light on interpersonal conflict or why we're such an addictively self-documenting modern society.

    Robert Abele - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • Indie moviemaking reaches some kind of awful zenith of self-indulgence in this scriptless drama, entirely improvised and shot on cellphones.

    - Chicago Reader

    29 November 2012

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