May

May follows an isolated young woman's attempt to turn admiration into intimacy. Her attention fixes on parts of people, and the film gradually makes that way of looking impossible to separate from its horror. The doll she keeps offers an especially troubling model of companionship: a perfect listener who cannot answer. Watch how the desire to assemble a manageable friend grows from ordinary social embarrassment rather than appearing as an unrelated late twist. The film's tenderness makes its violence more disquieting.