It's hard to believe that with such great acting provided by Willem Defoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg and excellent cinematography that a movie could be so bad. The story left so many unanswered questions and seemingly unrelated events and references. The "shock" scenes seemed to be inserted for the sole purpose of waking up the audience from the dragging story line. It could have been so much better had more focus been placed on the story rather then going for cheap shock value.