I went to see this film because what I read about it was quite interesting. I also liked the trailer, it was powerful, featured great music, and made me expect a dark, impressive story.
But I was to be terribly disappointed.
During the whole film, I could hardly understand the main character and his actions and motivations. Except that he wants to get involved with this other guy - but he did a lot of other things, too, to which I could not relate at all, because the inner world of this man never became clear to me. The dark and dirty surroundings, his job, and the "dirty" things he does were all probably meant to be symbolic (like the other commenters on this page have already described) but I still think that this film was the perfect example when a filmmaker doesn't see what the difference is between true art and pseudo-symbolic crap. As I can see from the other comments, some people have a quite different opinion, so this is probably a film that you either love or hate...
But I was to be terribly disappointed.
During the whole film, I could hardly understand the main character and his actions and motivations. Except that he wants to get involved with this other guy - but he did a lot of other things, too, to which I could not relate at all, because the inner world of this man never became clear to me. The dark and dirty surroundings, his job, and the "dirty" things he does were all probably meant to be symbolic (like the other commenters on this page have already described) but I still think that this film was the perfect example when a filmmaker doesn't see what the difference is between true art and pseudo-symbolic crap. As I can see from the other comments, some people have a quite different opinion, so this is probably a film that you either love or hate...