Stray

2018, 1080hd

Stray is 2018 New Zealand drama about two lost souls who find one another. Jack (Kieran Charnock) has just gotten out of prison on parole and has also lost his job which leaves him in jeopardy of going back inside. He is still haunted by what he did and decides to get away by driving to his father's cabin for a while. Then he see an old man who was possibly involved with his crime and attempts to kill him but when it comes to killing him, he can't take the shot. Grace (Kosovan actress Arta Dobroshi) has just been released from prison but has nowhere to stay so she squats at various empty places. One day, Jack comes home and finds Grace at the cabin and she runs away. He catches up to her but allows Grace to stay for the night and she seduces him. They get to know one another as they try to move on with their lives.

That's pretty much the movie.

Barely anything happens and the two characters don't meet until an hour in so there's long stretches of loneliness and solitude. The movie livens up when the two meet and form a tentative relationship. We never know what either of the two did to go to jail although we get bits and pieces of what Jack did including a blink-and-you'll miss appearance from Luciane Buchanan. Definitely a movie for the patient and my patience definitely got thin during that first hour. Scenery is nice though and there's plenty of it.

Arta Dobroshi film clip (sample below)