Because of uncovering a crime scene, An American photographer must be in a local investigation. He is forced to live in the area for a long time and he falls for a beautiful woman by chance which leads to an unexpected consequence.
What remains are the bones of a decent genre flick, with the aspirations of a Nicolas Winding Refn film. Perhaps Aulakh will get there one day, but there are several kinks to smooth first.
Dead and absent women cause a man to have feels, but in an ethereal way, you know, with 'artistic' female nudity and nonsensical pseudophilosophical dialogue.
It's a museum piece with respectable craftsmanship but little life, reserved only for viewers with a particular Euro-style cinema fetish and access to a very comfortable seat.
Mistaking moody poses for storytelling, the Iceland-set "Autumn Lights" gathers an international assortment of insufferable ciphers in a remote coastal town.