Realização:
Denis CôtéArgumento:
Denis CôtéCâmara:
François Messier-RheaultElenco:
Robert Naylor, Jocelyne Zucco, Diane Lavallée, Rémi Goulet, Jean-Michel Anctil, Hubert Proulx, Rachel Graton, Larissa Corriveau, Irlande Côté (mais)Streaming (1)
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Irénée-les-Neiges is a remote village somewhere in Quebec with only 215 inhabitants. When young Simon Dubé dies in a car accident, the villagers’ tranquil and regulated existence is thrown out of step. People are decidedly reluctant to talk about the particulars of the accident. For Simon’s parents and his brother, their grief means that time seems to lose all meaning and their mood gradually spreads to others. The mayoress’s pragmatism increasingly comes to nought, and this older married couple find themselves unable to maintain their quirky habits in peace. Snowy, frosty winter days stretch out into infinity. Something barely tangible descends on the region, like a veil. Mysterious figures emerge from the fog and commit strange acts. To intensify the unreal atmosphere, this film was shot on 16mm. Stories from another time appear to lurk behind the coarse-grained, flickering celluloid images. But what seems strange is sometimes more familiar than one might suspect. (Berlinale)
(mais)Críticas (3)
I submitted to the temptation of the horror elements. I’m a moron! This type of film is a plague of festivals. There’s no plot arc, it’s rather a simple thesis stretched to a weaker two hours, and it could be cut off at any time. There’s nothing more I can say about it. I was intensively uninterested in it already after ten minutes. #KVIFF2019
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Este filme exigente para a audiência com temática de fantasmas sobre os habitantes de uma remota aldeia canadiana que se reconciliam com o suicídio de um rapaz de 20 anos é construído sobre imagens impressionantes (ainda que muito modestas e austeras) e o retrato de uma comunidade em decadência numa remota zona rural congelada. Ela pode chamar-se coesa e unida, mas na realidade são apenas os últimos restos de vontade que a mantêm num local deprimente em que os mortos pertencem mais do que os vivos. Depois de a perceção do tempo perder o seu significado para a família em luto por um acontecimento trágico, a aldeia começa de facto a encher-se de fantasmas e o filme começa a trabalhar com alguma tensão, mas não se deve esperar um horror deste filme frágil e subtil sobre certas formas de medo e superação da dor da perda - é mais um simples conceito de ideias traduzido numa metáfora visual.
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A terribly interesting thesis about the depopulation of the countryside due to the more tangible presence of its unresolved history represented by its dead. And everything is incredibly slow. In the best moments, the film even stops altogether. However, the omnipresent winter, mournfulness, incompleteness, and sense of loss would surely have worked better if the exposition had relied more on objects, location, and space than the characters themselves, but how can you fault a film that concludes the entire hundred minutes of quiet desolation with credits underscored by The Body's industrial noisemakers.
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