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‘Ivo’ Review: Promising German Director Examines the Coping Strategies of Dealing With Death Every Day
Minna Wündrich plays the multidimensional title character in 'Ivo,' writer-director Eva Trobisch's disarmingly honest second feature.
Then again, if Ivo were the subject of a documentary, she’d no doubt tailor her behavior to the camera crew, whereas Trobisch’s docu-adjacent approach (which places Wündrich alongside non-actors) feels more honest. In so doing, Trobisch turns the public’s attention to a subject most of us prefer to forget, while the clipped editing style — which jump-cuts briskly between scenes — abruptly forces audiences to reorient to each new situation as it arises. That tactic puts viewers in the position of trying to make sense of certain patterns, as Wündrich’s face and the recurring space of her car — a mobile cocoon where she takes breaks to sing, smoke and cry between appointments — provide a kind of continuity.
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