Mortal Transfer ( Mortel transfert )

Mortal Transfer (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mortel transfert
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jean-Jacques Beineix

Written By:
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Pierre Gattegno

Actors:
Jean-Hugues Anglade ..... Michel Durand
Hélène de Fougerolles ..... Olga Kubler / The prostitute
Miki Manojlovic ..... Erostrate
Valentina Sauca ..... Hélène Maier
Robert Hirsch ..... Armand Zlibovic
Yves Rénier ..... Max Kubler
Catherine Mouchet ..... The maths teacher
Denis Podalydès ..... Inspector Chapireau
Jean-Pierre Becker ..... Jacques Preco
Riton Liebman ..... The disc-jockey
Vantha Talisman ..... Mai Li
Laurent Bateau ..... Young depressive man
Cyril Raffaelli ..... Thief
Estelle Desanges ..... Michel Durand's mother
Matteo Vallon ..... Michel Durand's father

Synopsis:

An analyst discovers just how troublesome his most difficult patient can be in this darkly witty comedy drama. Michel Durand (Jean-Hughes Anglade) is a divorced psychiatrist in his early forties with a successful practice in Paris. One of his patients is Olga Kubler (Helene de Fougerolles), the beautiful wife of a prominent business man with a less than scrupulous past. Olga is dealing with a number of interwoven neuroses, including a strong taste for painful, degrading sex and a compulsive habit of stealing things. Olga has already used Durand as an alibi when questioned by the police about the theft of some valuable jewels, and while Durand told the authorities that Olga was in consultation with him at the time of the robbery, the truth is he's not sure where she was and imagines she's probably guilty. Durand is also afraid to admit that he's become quite bored with Olga's stories about her unconventional sexual liaisons, and one day as she goes on about her favorite subject, he falls asleep. A few minutes later, Durand wakes up, and discovers Olga is dead. Durand has no idea what happened to Olga and isn't sure what to do with the body, but he's too frightened to call the police, so he tries to hide her in his office. Soon, Durand finds himself followed by a mysterious stranger (Miki Manojlovic), dumped by his increasingly suspicious girlfriend (Valentina Sauca), and bothered by Olga's husband (Yves Reiner), who insists the doctor find some valuables that Olga stole from him. Mortel Transfer was the first dramatic feature in eight years from director Jean-Jacques Beineix, who previously helmed the international hits Diva and Betty Blue.

Jean-Jacques Beineix, the acclaimed French auteur behind such cult classics as Betty Blue and DIVA, pushes the envelope of suspense and humourinto David Lynch territory for a jet-black journey into the depths of intrigue and despair. Psychoanalyst Michel (Jean-Hugues Anglade, Betty Blue) falls asleep on the job listening to the labourious offerings of his troubled patient Olga (Helene de Fougerolles, Prospero's Books) and awakens to the grisly sight ofher strangled body. In the throes of panic he attempts to dispose of the body himself but only manages to entangle himself further in a complicated tale of deceit and larceny. When Olga's rich husband enters the scene and Michel's other neurotic patients vie for attention the stage is set for a most umcompromising psychological thriller.

Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, telling him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 June, 2011.

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