Decidedly odd, but entrancing, too, thanks in part to luminescent cinematography and a bewitching score, this drama stars Dutch actor Robert de Hoog as a very unlucky Irish man named Ian drawn to suicide. Some plot points are so far-fetched as to tip the whole thing into the realm of black comedy: such as when Ian, on the verge of asphyxiating himself in his car, comes across a vanload of others nearby doing the same thing.

The peculiar tonal shifts might be down to this being adapted from a Japanese novel by Kei Oishi, while the use of locations in Ireland and Luxembourg untethers the action from any sense of place. But there's an emotionally intelligent approach to bereavement throughout that makes a weird kind of sense, even when Ian's actions border on necrophilia.

Although it niggles that no one explains why his character should have a Dutch accent, De Hoog is a compelling presence, as are Pollyanna McIntosh and Amanda Ryan as two very different troubled women.