The Consequences of Love

A middle-aged man lives alone in a Swiss hotel, following a rigid daily routine, speaking to no one, injecting heroin every Wednesday. Then he begins to notice the barmaid. Sorrentino's breakthrough — cool, precise, and deeply unsettling beneath its surface stillness. The revelation of why he is there, and what he owes, arrives with the force of a collision. Toni Servillo's finest early performance.