Elias dreams of a family. Christian is happy about their free existence in an open relationship, where they have time and money to travel, buy expensive designer furniture and love each other. Elias has been able to keep his longing at bay for a long time, but when he starts his new job as a psychologist at a school home, it is as if the burden is overflowing. He must face the fact that a life without a human responsibility for others than himself can never be a happy life for him.
《Its Presence Between Us》把浪漫喜剧的轻松感和恐怖片的压迫感揉在一起,用类型混搭的方式探讨亲密关系里一个微妙的命题:当一个人不愿在爱人面前卸下防备、不肯暴露脆弱,那份被压抑的真实自我会以怎样的形态反噬彼此。影片的看点不在于惊吓场面本身,而在于它把“不敢示弱”这种心理惯性具象化,让情感关系中的躲藏与伪装变成可感知的紧张来源。导演Kelton与White搭档,加上Brown、Paul、Zach与克里斯蒂娜·伯德特的演出阵容,整体氛围偏向用荒诞与不安并置的方式推进叙事。适合喜欢在类型片里找情绪共鸣的观众,尤其对亲密关系中“做小自己”这件事有过体感的人,会在笑与不安之间找到一种熟悉的刺痛。