Again I was fortunate to discover an excellent foreign film. Discreet is the
first movie that I have seen from South Africa. This is my type of movie because it is essentially a serious drama that principally involves just the dialog between two people. The two people in this film are Thomas and Monique.
Thomas is a religious-infected virgin who does the unspeakable. He visits a upscale hooker, Monique. She initially prepares for her typical client. You see Monique preparing for her client, and you will probably think is she a nymphomaniac, innocent school girl or just a shoulder for some poor man to cry on? Whatever it is, she’s ready to fulfill the fantasy.
But Thomas isn’t her typical client and Monique finds herself struggling to give him exactly what he wants. Throughout the course of the evening the tension, both emotional and sexual, builds as the two characters misunderstand each other on the surface, but connect with each other in a much deeper fashion that either could believe.
I definitely recommend this well-done, interesting drama.