在这部难言之隐家庭片中,One of the American cinema’s best-kept secrets, writer-director Sallitt has been steadily building up a devoted following among film critics, many of whom consider THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT to be his breakthrough film. Set in Brooklyn, the story centers on 17-year-old Jackie (Medel in a radiant performance), who enjoys a close relationship with her older brother Matthew and candidly expresses her desire to take it to the next level (or, as she calls it, “the I-word”). Matthew’s departure for college leaves Jackie in a limbo between arrested development and risky maturity. Dedicated to Eric Rohmer and compared by critics to J.D. Salinger, Sallitt’s film treats its touchy subject with subtle wit and psychological insight.
17-year-old Jackie is in distress as her older brother Matthew gets his first girlfriend and prepares for college. Though Matthew does not share her incestuous desire, Jackie fights the intrusion of reality on her idyllic childhood world.
