Eye on Juliet (2017)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Kim Nguyen
	Actors: Joe Cole, Lina El Arabi
	Country: CND, F, MA
	Genre: Romance, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 02.07.2018, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English version with German subtitle
Synopsis: Eye on Juliet tells the story of an unlikely encounter between Gordon (Joe Cole), a hexapod operator, and Ayusha (Lina El Arabi), a young woman from the Middle East. Gordon, guardian of a pipeline in this desert region, becomes fascinated by Ayusha, while piloting his robotic spider from the other side of the world, in America. Ayusha is promised to an older man she doesn't love. Despite the distance, their mutual fear and their imperfect interaction, he will do everything in his power to help her escape her fate.
Review: The story looks at the beginning quite interesting. A bored North American living in a kind of virtual world (driving robots in the desert, meeting people only via Tinder) set in opposition to a couple of Moroccan having no access to technology and having a unfolded love story hidden from their tradition parents. Real life vs virtual life. When the twist appears that he tries to help her, the story becomes a very pathetic romance lacking of authenticity. The acting of Lina El Arabi was very convincing until she meets the robot. The two robots walking around the pipeline and chatting with dialogues as Le big Mac from Pulp Fiction was really good. Nevertheless I am pretty sure there are some good stories to write with this kind of robots making the link between two worlds.
Rating: 4 /10