Gun-Shy

A major hit on the European film festival circuit, Ditto Tsintsadze's "poetic thriller" will keep you on edge from the startling beginning to the jaw-dropping final shot. A young man sits on a bus. A beautiful young woman drops a note on his lap as she walks by. It says simply "Help me." But what help could she, a self-assured martial arts student, ever need? And how could he, a gentle pacifist who delivers meals to the elderly, ever help her? Yet as our hero follows after her, his bizarre journey begins. Does he become a rescuing knight falling in love? Or a psychotic killer descending into madness? And is there even a difference? Spare, lean, and laced with humor, Gun-shy (or more accurately, "fear of shooting") is truly "a film of terrible beauty" (Toronto Film Festival).