The Walk

The Walk is one of the first photographic cinematic narrative mystery/romance mini-series. A woman is seen going for a walk in the forest---is she going to meet a lover---is she being followed by an unknown stalker or is there more than one man? On the surface this experimental series dramatically explores the mystery of clandestine romance, but on another level, The Walk delves into the idea that nothing in life is really as it seems. This life may be an illusion and that is underscored by the inventive style of the series, which presents a kind of "marvelous reality" or as Alejo Carpentier (the magical realist writer) noted, the seizing of the mystery that breathes behind all things.