With Easter coming up,I started looking for movies that I could get a friend as a holiday gift. Taking a look at a DVDs seller page,I found an intriguing-sounding piece of French smut (I mean, "Erotica") Drama. Looking for details on the film,I found out that the back of the DVD case was a copy of a fellow IMDbers review!, I got set for what would hopefully not be a frustrating viewing.
The plot:
Since the troubled love she had for her dad was transferred to her mum, Adélaïde has been unable to tame her obsessive nature to sex. In a remote,snow-covered house, Adélaïde moves in with her sister Agnès and her husband Michel. Becoming frustrated at Agnès and Michel expressing love for each other, Adélaïde begins letting her obsessions making it impossible to tell fantasy and reality apart.
View on the film:
Smartly keeping the dialogue clipped,the screenplay by co- writer/(with actor Michel Lemoine) director José Bénazéraf snaps the start of Adélaïde's childhood frustrations with flashbacks listening in to political news played on the TV,and the strained exchanges between the family. While the dialogue between the trio is limited,the writers sharply use the minimal lines to draw out the fractured mind of Adélaïde.
Making each new opened door in the house be met with a S&M fantasy (?) from Adélaïde,director Bénazéraf (who cameos as the voice of a news reporter on TV) & cinematographer Georges Strouvé dip into Horror dream-logic,shimming in glided circling shots closing the trio up in the isolated location. Backed by an earthy score from Camille Sauvage, Bénazéraf melts reality and surreal erotica together in a delicious fashion which opens up the grip that sexual obsession has on Adélaïde.
Being the only guy in the trio, Michel Lemoine (married to the star at the time) gives a great performance as Michel,who Lemoine gives a delicate touch to,as Michel tries to express his concern for Adélaïde,whilst Elizabeth Teissier heats the screen up as Agnès indulges in all that her sister desires.Slowly losing her mind in the house,the sexy Janine Reynaud gives an excellent, sensual performance as Adélaïde. Spending most of the title silent,Reynaud subtly undresses the fracturing state of Adélaïde and her increasingly peculiar sexual desires,as Adélaïde unleashes her frustration.
The plot:
Since the troubled love she had for her dad was transferred to her mum, Adélaïde has been unable to tame her obsessive nature to sex. In a remote,snow-covered house, Adélaïde moves in with her sister Agnès and her husband Michel. Becoming frustrated at Agnès and Michel expressing love for each other, Adélaïde begins letting her obsessions making it impossible to tell fantasy and reality apart.
View on the film:
Smartly keeping the dialogue clipped,the screenplay by co- writer/(with actor Michel Lemoine) director José Bénazéraf snaps the start of Adélaïde's childhood frustrations with flashbacks listening in to political news played on the TV,and the strained exchanges between the family. While the dialogue between the trio is limited,the writers sharply use the minimal lines to draw out the fractured mind of Adélaïde.
Making each new opened door in the house be met with a S&M fantasy (?) from Adélaïde,director Bénazéraf (who cameos as the voice of a news reporter on TV) & cinematographer Georges Strouvé dip into Horror dream-logic,shimming in glided circling shots closing the trio up in the isolated location. Backed by an earthy score from Camille Sauvage, Bénazéraf melts reality and surreal erotica together in a delicious fashion which opens up the grip that sexual obsession has on Adélaïde.
Being the only guy in the trio, Michel Lemoine (married to the star at the time) gives a great performance as Michel,who Lemoine gives a delicate touch to,as Michel tries to express his concern for Adélaïde,whilst Elizabeth Teissier heats the screen up as Agnès indulges in all that her sister desires.Slowly losing her mind in the house,the sexy Janine Reynaud gives an excellent, sensual performance as Adélaïde. Spending most of the title silent,Reynaud subtly undresses the fracturing state of Adélaïde and her increasingly peculiar sexual desires,as Adélaïde unleashes her frustration.