‘Stanleyville’ Review: The Search for Meaning – and a Habanero-Orange SUV – Leads to Strange Places

What would you do for a habanero-orange compact sport utility vehicle? Blowing as many balloons as possible in one minute seems like an easy enough task, but what about fetching a human earlobe? Th…

’ debut feature uses the bizarre “platinum-level exclusive contest” at its center as a metaphor for self-actualization — even if achieving it requires more than a little self-destruction along the way. With a firm commitment to its alluringly offbeat premise and a grounding lead performance from, this indie oddity is an enjoyable descent into the absurd despite an apparent lack of interest in answering most of the questions it raises.

“Research data shows that everything you have done in your life has led to this moment, and the next moment, and the moment that follows into the end,” the man calling himself Homunculus explains as part of his pitch. Far from skeptical, Maria’s utterly enthralled — so much so, in fact, that she doesn’t even care about the SUV she’ll take home if she wins this mysterious competition.

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