Humanity ( L' Humanité ) ( Humanité )

Humanity (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L' Humanité
Alternate Title: Humanité
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
143 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Bruno Dumont

Written By:
Bruno Dumont

Actors:
Emmanuel Schotté ..... Pharaon De Winter
Séverine Caneele ..... Domino
Philippe Tullier ..... Joseph
Ghislain Ghesquère ..... Police Chief
Ginette Allegre ..... Eliane
Daniel Leroux ..... Nurse
Arnaud Brejon de la Lavergnee ..... Conservationist
Daniel Petillon ..... Jean, the cop
Robert Bunzi ..... English cop
Dominique Pruvost ..... Angry worker
Jean-Luc Dumont ..... CRS
Diane Gray ..... British traveller
Paul Gray ..... British traveller
Sophie Vercamer ..... Worker
Murielle Houche ..... Worker

Synopsis:

If it's possible for a film to convey a physical sensation of the world that is more intense than everyday life, Bruno Dumont's flawed masterpiece, ''Humanite,'' does a disquietingly good job. The raw sensory effect this transfixing movie produces might almost be described as psychedelic. Surrendering to its vision feels a little like being exposed to the sun after losing a layer of skin. In its relentlessly biological mind, what we think of as civilization is portrayed as a fragile membrane that barely prevents us from acting on our most brutal instincts.

In a town near Lille, melancholy police superintendent Pharaon De Winter lives with his mother. An 11-year-old girl has been raped and murdered. Over the next week, De Winter investigates and grieves, his face nearly expressionless. He bikes, he gardens. He accompanies his neighbors, Joseph and Domino, to dinner and to the seaside; he even observes them in vigorous if not rough coitus. For Domino, sex seems her way of connecting. Does she fancy Pharaon? A plowed field, the sea, Pharaon's flowers, the pudenda of Domino and of the ravaged girl - this mix of images of beauty, evil, and possibility assaults Pharaon as he tries to do his job and hold on to his humanity.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 October, 2008.

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