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Olga Kurylenko, Stipe Erceg, Marc Barbé, Edith Scob, Sotigui Kouyaté ... see more see more... , Hanns Zischler , Anne Benoît , Doria Achour , Louis DeWinter

Yoko Ogawa's cult novel serves as the inspiration for director Diane Bertrand's haunting erotic drama starring Olga Kurylenko. Iris (Kurylenko) is looking for employment when she goes to work for an e... read more read more...ccentric scientist who specializes in preserving people's personal mementos. Later, as Iris lovingly sets about preserving such keepsakes as animal bones and inanimate objects, an attraction begins to develop between her and the scientist and the pair enter into an ominous but occasionally playful love affair. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Diane Bertrand

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DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009

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  • deano
    April 26, 2009
    deano
    The preservation of personal artifacts in the film causes one to wonder about the nature of memories, loss, and the desire or need to move on, extending even to Iris' own life. This helps to draw the viewer into what is a very quiet and meditative film.
    I see actress Olga Kuryle... read morenko played Iris was quite good, especially given that it was her first film and that she had to communicate so much non-verbally. A few of the scenes between her and the preservationist were charged with a lot of sensual energy, even in something as simple as him putting a pair of shoes on her feet.
  • gator681
    August 9, 2010
    gator681
    In "The Ring Finger," Iris(Olga Kurylenko) loses the tip of her ring finger in an industrial accident in a lemonade factory.(Forgive me for the grossness, but I don't think I'll ever be able to drink pink lemonade again.) Looking for a different line of work, she travels to a ne... read morew city but at first can find no work at the port and the only room she can find she has to share with Costa(Stipe Erceg), a sailor who works the night shift. She does soon find work in a laboratory as a receptionist for a scientist(Marc Barbe) who preserves and archives items of sentimental value and presents her with the gift of a pair of red shoes.

    "The Ring Finger" is a beguiling, sensual and nuanced movie. It uses an offbeat rhythm to explore a place that might exist out of time, in order to ensure the items will not decay. Iris is not sure how long she has been working at the laboratory, which contains no modern equipment and is lacking any air conditioning. She says two or three weeks but it could be months or even decades. As with any dead end job, where there is not a lot to do, time moves in an odd fashion. A day can feel like a week but before you know it, years have gone by. This might explain why Iris and Costa are not quite in sync.
  • snakegeek1
    July 3, 2010
    snakegeek1
    Well, this film was suggested to me by Jhon E. It took me some time to find it and more time to get around to watching it. but, I finally have so here it goes. I rather liked this film. it was a different film. not a film that you see every day. I really liked the acting all arou... read morend. The main girl did a fantastic job. The screenplay was also great. I didn't mind the subtitles either. I actually watch all of my movies with subtitles so they don't bother me. I also liked the tone and pacing of this film. The film was very...mellow. that might not be the right word but you get the idea. I also feel that the ending had some sort of symbolism but I cannot figure out what. Overall, I liked it. it was an excellent film.

    TRIVIA TIME:Olga Kurylenko won the Certificate Of Excellence at the 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival for her performance in this film.
  • kingmob6
    January 12, 2010
    kingmob6
    A bizarrely dreamy little film in which a young girl takes a job in a laboratory where an odd doctor preserves personal items and stores them for people, in an effort to give them closure on unpleasant things in their lives.

    She falls into a strange sexual relationship with her ... read moreboss, but there are hints that things may be even stranger than she first imagined.

    A true head scratcher of a film, this looks great, though it's possibly a bit too vague for its own good.

    Give it a rental if you're feeling adventurous.

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Erik Childress
July 5, 2006
Erik Childress, eFilmCritic.com

Has both an eccentric sensibility and, ultimately, a spiritual quality that should have audiences debating the final scene for hours. Full Review

Josh Bell
June 23, 2006
Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

Bertrand doesn't offer any easy answers, but she creates an incredibly effective sense of both dread and excitement. Full Review

Lisa Nesselson
July 22, 2008
Lisa Nesselson, Variety

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