Episode 602: In The Seats With.... Christos Nikou and 'Fingernails'

Trying to quantify, the unquantifiable can cause complications....On this episode we find ourselves back in the saddle with films that bowed at TIFF as this entry looks at a film that tries to simply that ever complicated emotion of love.  It's time for 'Fingernails'.Anna (Jessie Buckley) increasingly suspects that her relationship with her longtime partner may not actually be the real thing. In an attempt to improve things, she secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples.From Co-Writer and Director Christos Nikou; Fingernails is a fascinating sci-fi allegory about how love can't every really be boxed in by any set of rules.  Starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed, this film really manages to be gently subversive and twisted while talking about the idea of love.  Playing in realms that criss cross between science fiction, philosophy and your favourite Jane Austen novel, Fingernails might not be for everyone but it's got some really fascinating layers for those willing to look.We talked with Christos about the origins of the film, shooting in Toronto and so very much more....Fingernails is on Apple TV+ now.