Characters mired in loneliness

IN the opening scene of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, a young couple have dinner in a restaurant and for a lark run out without paying the bill before going for a frolic in the park. "There's only one heart in this body: have mercy on me," says the man as he gazes at his gal with stars in the sky and love in his eyes. In the very next scene, the same young woman walks as if in a daze along a bridge in New York and pauses, before jumping off it.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them studies the impact of a terrible tragedy on a young couple and their families. In an attempt to provide answers, the film flashes back and forth in time, looking at events from each person's point of view. Call…