Amer (2009) ( Amargo ) ( Sofrido )

Amer (2009) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Amargo
Alternate Title: Sofrido
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
87 min + 26 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Hélène Cattet
Bruno Forzani

Written By:
Hélène Cattet
Bruno Forzani

Actors:
Cassandra Forêt ..... Ana enfant
Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud ..... Ana adolescente
Marie Bos ..... Ana adule
Bianca Maria D'Amato ..... La mère
Harry Cleven ..... Le taximan
Delphine Brual ..... Graziella
Jean-Michel Vovk ..... Le père
Bernard Marbaix ..... La grand-père mort

Synopsis:

The film was chalked up by many as an homage to the gory European gialli of the 1960s and 1970s, but it's also influenced heavily by the narratively cryptic surrealism of directors such as David Lynch. Directors Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet undertake an episodic approach by dividing the material into three thematically linked segments. In the first, a young girl is at home as her grandfather dies and her grandmother begins performing a series of bizarre rituals designed to either bring him back to life or ease his passage to the next world; as this is happening, the girl becomes aware that her parents are making love elsewhere in the house. Years later, a teenage girl goes into town with her mother to run some errands, comes face to face with the power of her sexuality, and learns how she can use her allure to change the behaviour of men. In the final segment, an adult woman returns to the house where she grew up, which has fallen into disrepair

Gialli fans will absolutely not want to miss co-directors Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's immaculately executed flawless valentine to the 70s thriller genre popularised by Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci. Recreating the motifs, clichés and visual codes from the vintage Italian back catalogue (including A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Suspiria and Black Sabbath), the Belgian-based duo unfold a virtually dialogue free tale of frightening obsession, sexual sensation and stunning black-gloved murder as the three faces of fear throughout an enigmatic woman's life unfold in dazzling style. Scored to recycled Italian soundtrack selections in the grand Tarantino tradition, the hypnotic and ethereal allure of the classic gialli lives again in this boldly imaginative cult phenomenon.

Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and coloured fantasie's becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her?

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