Frequencies

This is an odd film that rocks all over the place with ideas about luck, intelligence, fate, mind-control and free will.

It could be overly philosophical, but isn't because it presents everything through the story of one girl and one boy.

She is "high frequency" and he is "low frequency". Which initially I thought was going to mean that she was very clever and he was very stupid. But actually that isn't the case... they are both geniuses... instead she is very lucky (the universe works hard to give her everything she wants) and he is very unlucky.

Amusingly, since they are both extremes, when they come close together they trigger some sort of interference event within one minute. So they are only allowed to meet for one minute every year. Which is sad because he really likes her. Even sadder though is that very high frequency people have no emotions. She is "like a machine" and only pretends to have feelings to try and fit in.

After all that it starts to get weird :)

I wont say what happens, but it is interesting.

In places the film did feel a bit clunky. The notion of people being a single frequency is a bit rubbish and smacks of an arts student trying to write something that sounds scientific. It probably does sound technical to other arts students... but not to anyone who has ever read anything about science.

But I am being a bit picky. I loved the idea of some people being ultra-lucky and others being the opposite... especially in the school with the blindfolded exams.

It's only a short film at 105 minutes, but well worth a look.