Very strange small film I have to say. Because it's a thriller able to keep you interested, it's definitely entertaining. But for myself, it doesn't tell me about life, doesn't raise any self-centered question. And those who know me know this is what I mainly expect from books and films. It raised some questions though, but about itself in fact: she's involved in an accident, survived, at least this is what you think, and finally you discover that she died in this accident. OK, but what does this make of the main body of the film? Is it what she imagined while she was drowning herself, or just before the car jumped into water when she knew it was unavoidable? In which case, it should represent her expectations about life (expectations of having been less lawful, more adventurous?). Or is it what would have happened if she had survived, some kind of way of saying if she had been less naive, she would have become more adventurous, less lawful. Or again of saying it's because she was naive she died and could never have become this person we follow in the film? Hmm, really this left me perplexed. But as I said earlier, it's entertaining. It's also nicely filmed and well played, so it's definitely not a waste of time. Just a strange object.
Review of Yella
