Moody and delicate — and imposing, if you surrender to it. Eric Mendelsohn’s second feature (Judy Berlin came out in 1999) considers a summer day in suburban Long Island. Kasper Tuxen’s light-entranced imagery wraps sensual sites around people whose feelings often fail to find words: an alienated husband (Elias Koteas), a chipper housewife (Edie Falco) frustrated by a troubled actress (Embeth Davidtz) who refuses her help, a pretty African émigré (Danai Gurira) looking for a job. Also a little girl, a disturbed man, a lost dog. They intersect in enigmatic but touching ways, and the mystery of connection remains. Fine acting, deft direction, and busy but subtle music by Michael Nicholas create what almost seems a wistful waltz by the ghosts of Antonioni and Updike. (2011) — David Elliott
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