Flic (2005) understanding.

[u/Difficult_One_5062]

I just watched a film called Flic (2005) and have many questions about the film. Particularly about what it means.

I got the vibe of several Kurosawa Kiyoshi films from it- Cure, Pulse and Charisma. I also thought of this film to be Lynchian due to the way it is merging reality and fiction.

What is the true reality of the film if it even exists? Is it all a dream thought by the protagonist as well see at the end? If so then we never learn of the identity of the killer right? On which is he really leaving the town? Or is he going towards it? Are there multiple interpretations of it?

Darn this is nerve wracking rightfully so. Might join my top 100 once i unravel it.

[u/frederick_tussock]

It's been a little while since I watched it but I took it to be a Vertigo or Lost Highway-type situation where our protagonist is haunted by his failing to save his wife and subsequently becomes trapped in a fantasy/nightmare/limbo of this town where a similar case is presented for him to solve and redeem himself but can never actually resolve itself proper.

I think in driving away from the town the protagonist is driving right back towards it, there's ultimately no escape for him.