Wonderful character development!

Such a frustrating disappointment

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Lasting is about two Polish students who are on a working holiday in Spain. When the boy kills a man who is bullying him the pair return to Poland and have to deal with the emotional fallout of the killing. The film certainly challenges the viewer: at one stage it's easy to laugh at the murder scene, even though a man is being killed; and the big question, of course, is should one root for the fit, attractive boy even though he has committed the murder (or, at best, manslaughter) of a homely, out-of-shape man? The film is full of long silences, and the two major plot threads - will the boy's crime be discovered, and will the lovers' relationship survive - are left dangling at the end, but I'd watch it again.