VISITOR Q

A very peculiar family, consisting of mother, father, son, and daughter, is about to disintegrate more and more: the son beats the mother, the mother prostitutes herself to get her daily dose of drugs, and the father cheats on his wife with his daughter. One day, the father is hit in the head with a rock by a stranger, who will be hosted at his house for a while. His presence in the house will lead more and more to family unity... "Visitor Q" is a film that talks mostly about current events and does so in the classic, sacrilegious, and excessive manner characteristic of Takashi Miike. Shot entirely with a digital camera and with a very low budget, a limit that for Miike was not at all a misfortune, on the contrary, making the most of the use of the camera and a few "cents" available, he manages to bring more rawness and make the viewer feel more involved in the story, to the point of making it seem much more real. The film has a slow pace that accompanies the viewer until the end in an ever-increasing whirlwind of horror; despite this, "Visitor Q" is not exactly a horror movie but rather a dramatic film, although it can be widely classified among horror films. An extreme film, not so much for the images but especially for the contents, capable of destroying the "family" discourse and easily moving from the theme of family violence to that of drugs, passing through prostitution and incest; a film that does everything to make the viewer uncomfortable, putting him in front of questions like: "Have you ever done it with your dad?", "Have you ever been hit in the head?" or "Have you ever beaten your mother?". It's hard to imagine how many of you will be able to resist until the end of the movie. "Visitor Q" is therefore one of the best and most extreme films by Miike; a film that definitely deserves to be seen, like most of the works of the Japanese director (unfortunately mostly unreleased in Italy). Viewing is recommended for an adult and not easily impressionable audience, due to extremely strong themes.