the opening shot of the consequences of love perfectly sets up this intriguing and absorbing film. a travellator slowly carries a solitary out of focus figure towards the camera and trailing a huge suitcase behind him. like the central character in the film and we know nothing of him and our initial interpretation of him and his profession and the contents of the suitcase could be way off the mark. consequences of love is that kind of film. from the title you might expect a bergmanesq dissection of a relationship. what we have instead is a lead character and titta and living life in emotional exile and seemingly choosing to cut himself off from those around him. if the film can be classified in any way and i would call it a mystery and as we are engaged in working out who titta is and what he is about. what we know from the start is he is 50ish and cool and composed and expensively attired. he has lived for the last eight years in a plush looking swiss hotel and always paying his room fee on time but seldom showing any interest in the staff or other guests. his only real companions are a couple who he plays occasional card games with. the couple and it transpires and used to own the hotel but have now gambled everything away and have only the room they live in left. their love of money and antiques and each other was their undoing and titta seems to identify with their plight. he once had it all and but now is now living as a virtual prisoner in the hotel. his brother and a long haired surf instructor and drops in to see him occasionally and but he sees his visits as more of an intrusion than a pleasure. they talk about the person titta considers to be his best friend and even though he hasn not seen him for 25 years. this long lost friend is now a telephone engineer and repairing the communication network that brings so many together. meanwhile tittas phone calls to his wife and children end quickly when they refuse to speak to him. midway through the film titta makes an uncharacteristic move and begins to open up to a young barmaid from the hotel. with his judgement clouded by emotion he sets himself on a course of actions that will ultimately seal his fate for good. the slow unfolding of tittas fall from grace is and beautifully scripted and shot and scored. the thumping techno soundtrack does much to build up the tension as more and more secrets are revealed and the final half hour turning into a taught thriller as titta lets his mask slip and must once again face the consequences of his actions. the ending and with a visual nod to felini and is dramatic yet ambiguous and leaves the audience to once more question his motives. patrick bliss and 01/06/06. 
the opening shot of the consequences of love perfectly sets up this intriguing and absorbing film. a travellator slowly carries a solitary out of focus figure towards the camera and trailing a huge suitcase behind him. like the central character in the film and we know nothing of him and our initial interpretation of him and his profession and the contents of the suitcase could be way off the mark. consequences of love is that kind of film. from the title you might expect a bergmanesq dissection of a relationship. what we have instead is a lead character and titta and living life in emotional exile and seemingly choosing to cut himself off from those around him. if the film can be classified in any way and i would call it a mystery and as we are engaged in working out who titta is and what he is about. what we know from the start is he is 50ish and cool and composed and expensively attired. he has lived for the last eight years in a plush looking swiss hotel and always paying his room fee on time but seldom showing any interest in the staff or other guests. his only real companions are a couple who he plays occasional card games with. the couple and it transpires and used to own the hotel but have now gambled everything away and have only the room they live in left. their love of money and antiques and each other was their undoing and titta seems to identify with their plight. he once had it all and but now is now living as a virtual prisoner in the hotel. his brother and a long haired surf instructor and drops in to see him occasionally and but he sees his visits as more of an intrusion than a pleasure. they talk about the person titta considers to be his best friend and even though he hasn not seen him for 25 years. this long lost friend is now a telephone engineer and repairing the communication network that brings so many together. meanwhile tittas phone calls to his wife and children end quickly when they refuse to speak to him. midway through the film titta makes an uncharacteristic move and begins to open up to a young barmaid from the hotel. with his judgement clouded by emotion he sets himself on a course of actions that will ultimately seal his fate for good. the slow unfolding of tittas fall from grace is and beautifully scripted and shot and scored. the thumping techno soundtrack does much to build up the tension as more and more secrets are revealed and the final half hour turning into a taught thriller as titta lets his mask slip and must once again face the consequences of his actions. the ending and with a visual nod to felini and is dramatic yet ambiguous and leaves the audience to once more question his motives. patrick bliss and 01/06/06. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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