Amer is a film that I have been meaning to check out for a long time now, but kept putting it off for some unknown reason. Yet, as we take a breather coming off of Kung Fu Christmas, it is nice to delve into such a genre-bending piece of cinema. Even though it does prove to be a entertaining deviation, that doesn’t make Amer a “great” film. Give the review a read and see what YOU think. As always, click on the cover art to read the review.

The Plot: At the beginning of our film, Young Ana arrives with her family to their summer/winter home. As she settles in, she spots her mother berating the house maid through a keyhole. As the daughter snoops around, she overhears her mother speaking about the house maid as if she were a literal withc. When young Ana sneaks off into the house maid’s room, she finds an elderly man who has died, and she tries to pry a special necklace out of this dead man’s hands. Before long, she finds herself being strangled by the hands of the house maid, but luckily Ana manages to escape. When she stumbles upon her parents room, she discovers them in the midst of having sex, which then scars her for life. Not having the mental frame to absorb all of this at once, the young girl grows up with sexual infatuation that grows deeper and darker over time. We catch up with her at two more points in her life, and we see how her sexuality grows and transforms as she becomes an adult.