Review

Takal’s brilliantly observed feature debut, about an erudite young Brooklyn couple who relocate to the countryside for the summer and encounter an appealingly chatty, uneducated local woman, doesn’t always hold up as a psychosexual thriller (the eerie score often feels a bit misplaced). But strong performances and seamless, probing dialogue generate sequences of subtly shifting emotions, filling each scene with a palpable sense of tension and discomfort.