MIROIRS NO. 3 – Review by Diane Carson
A tragedy lies at the heart of German writer/director Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3. Surviving a catastrophic car crash in a rural area, Laura (Paula Beer) accepts the support and comfort provided by Betty (Barbara Auer), a nearby resident who struggles to reclaim her own emotional health as much as she helps Laura cope with her languor. That is to say that the recent death of Betty’s daughter has left her as uninterested in life as Laura seems to be. Both experience an omnipresent ennui. Shaken from the accident, distraught, Laura asks to stay with Betty, who agrees. Thus begins a psychological drama of initially mystifying bonds and haunted memories.
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