There’s a movie that, unless you live on the bleeding edge of the foreign film world, you probably haven’t heard about. It’s called Three Monkeys. Here’s the description of the movie as it appears on its Spout movie detail page:

A family dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies battles against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth… In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?

Despite it’s low profile in the mass-audience world it has quite a following among some of the heavy users on Spout. While opinions have varied, the movie has gotten some strong feedback from those who have seen it:

Indieabby88: “Probably the best thing “Three Monkeys” has going for it is its subtlety. The film’s style is very subdued, and we only see characters behaving in extreme ways when the situation absolutely calls for it. The performances are all very natural, never over-the-top. We can identify with all of the characters (except, perhaps, Servet, who’s pretty much a scuzzbag).”

Risselada: “What we have here is a film that is well executed in many ways, nice pacing, framing, cinematography, sound, and superb acting.  And the dialogue and story are realistic and easy to follow.  The film does well with the “show don’t tell” rule of story telling.  We pick up a lot of things about the feelings of the characters and specific events and background elements without anyone speaking about them explicitly.  YET, despite all of this I found the movie to be sorely lacking.”

JimBell: “The film meets its third major challenge much more successfully. After viewers have stuck with three difficult-to-like characters and tried to figure out what they were thinking and feeling, there has to be a pay off, and Three Monkeys has an effective ending.

Watch the trailer for Three Monkeys here and see for yourself what has people talking.