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The next morning, Anne discovers that Martin unexpectedly died, leaving a letter addressed to "You" expressing remorse for leaving her behind and entrusting his home to her. Anne wraps him up in the bedding and spoons him naked. The film ends with Anne checking into a simple Spanish hotel.
Nov 7, 2016 · Anne (Lotte Verbeek) is a widower. Not once is her past life showed to us, which masterfully lets us into a life that in spite of looking lonesome, somehow feels truer than reality. She chooses to leave everything behind and take the high-road.
Aug 17, 2009 · LOCARNO, Switzerland — Holland-based Polish director Urszula Antoniak’s “Nothing Personal” is an intensely personal and engrossing tale of a ferociously independent young woman’s involvement...
Nov 19, 2010 · Willfully withholding and maddeningly enigmatic, “Nothing Personal” may be parsimonious with words, but its sights are almost embarrassingly effusive. Dwarfed but not diminished by the ...
- Urszula Antoniak
Nov 15, 2010 · A young, fiery-haired Dutch woman (Lotte Verbeek) has seen her marriage come to an end—we only see the elliptical hints of the twist of a golden ring and a rummage sale outside an emptied Amsterdam apartment—and is soon hitchhiking along the rocky shores of Connemara, evading pervy Irish motorists, pitching the blue tent rolled on her back ...
Dec 6, 2009 · The film has slightly stylized dialogue to emphasize the unfairness of the situation; John says “Me too.” when Maria tells him that she loves him to emphasize his selfishness. At the end, we can see that he is going to continue to be a horrible person when he asks another girl for a favor.
Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
