Underplayed Gems

Modern Love (2006)

Modern Love poster
Directed by
Alex Frayne
Genre
horror, mystery
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 50m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young couple's relationship is tested by an unusual twist. The story follows their attempt to keep their love alive in strange circumstances.

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What happens

Modern Love is the debut feature film of award-winning Australian director Alex Frayne. It was independently financed and filmed in South Australia, where the director lives and works. The team behind the film (Sputnik Films) includes award-winning cinematographer Nick Remy Matthews and Australian Film Institute winning sound designer Tom Heuzenroeder. Modern Love premiered at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival and progressed to dozens of other film festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, and the Fajr Film Festival in Iran. It made its Australian screen debut at the 2007 Adelaide Film Festival, where the film was reviewed by Variety's critic Richard Kuipers who called it: "unlike anything else in the entire Australian genre catalogue." The film earned theatrical runs in Australia (Nova Cinemas), and in New Zealand at the Paramount Cinema in Wellington. Dominion Post film reviewer Graeme Tuckett wrote that it was:"the best thing playing in town. No contest." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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