It’s not very often that I get to be this excited over a indie feature, but the fine work of WHERE WE STARTED has urged me forward to give a shout-out. Working within the tight parameters of low-budget, Chris Hansen has beautifully directed his script of 30-something travelers, both married, meeting inadvertently and hooking up at a motel where they happened to rest for the night. Watching this slow slide into sexual intimacy – breaking all the rules and oaths of their marriages for this future love – is both terrifying and fascinating, a car-wreck of mores and choices in modern society. Hansen offers us a close-up view of the laws of attraction, soul-mate intrigue, coupled with cold-water realism for what such decisions ultimately represent. Since over half of marriages end in divorce, the subject of his movie couldn’t be more pertinent. As this couple finds itself headed toward an inevitable affair because of their close proximity, obvious physical attraction and sexual
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