I can't really explain the plot of Enys Men as it's very sparse in that it centres around a woman on an island in the spring of 1973, off the Cornish coast (I've read that Enys Men is Cornish for 'Stone Island') where is observing and recording details.
It then descends into a journey of what is real on this island.
After watching it, I think the trippiness of the story is maybe three timelines of the island blending into one which all involve the main character, maybe the present day the isolation of the island is affecting the woman while on it?
I really enjoyed this film, it at times if at all may not make any sense on first watch, but there is a charm about it that will make me watch this a lot!
The director, Mark Jenkin, has did a great job of making this film, shot on 16mm it helps give the feel as if it was filmed back in the early 70's. The cinematography and soundtrack both work excellent in helping create a bleak lonely environment within the film.
Though while watching it I did think that some of the shots reedited or even extra shots could be used to make a sort of music video of Lux Ferrari's 'Petite Symphonie Intuitive Pour Un Paysage De Printemps', or at least in my head it kind of works!
There was one shot in the film that reminded me of Robert Altman's Images, which is a great film and maybe to a certain extent similar to Enys Men.
Enys Men didn't get out on the big screen as much, fact think where I live only one place played it and think it's release in the states was extremely limited. It's not a film for everyone but think a lot of people would enjoy it. It is available to stream on the BFI player if you subscribe to that and there is a blu ray release out which is the way I saw it!
