While Hollywood has been falling over itself to churn out sequels, reboots and reinventions for the last few years, France has instead been quietly but effectively producing original fare that is not only very well-written, but genuinely thought-provoking.
Notable examples of this new wave of French cinema - which arguably kicked off with Alexandre Aja's divisive Haute Tension (2003) and Gasper Noé’s Irreversible (2002) - have been Ils (2006), Martyrs (2008), Inside (2007) and Frontière(s) (2007), the latter two produced by French company Br Films, who are behind the latest Gallic chiller In Their Sleep.
Written and directed by siblings Caroline Du Potet and Eric Du Potet, their debut feature for Frontière(s) producer Rodolphe Guglielmi shares many of the signature traits of these films, effectively combining an isolated setting with characters who may not be quite what they initially appear, and the general feeling for much of their running times of 'just...
Notable examples of this new wave of French cinema - which arguably kicked off with Alexandre Aja's divisive Haute Tension (2003) and Gasper Noé’s Irreversible (2002) - have been Ils (2006), Martyrs (2008), Inside (2007) and Frontière(s) (2007), the latter two produced by French company Br Films, who are behind the latest Gallic chiller In Their Sleep.
Written and directed by siblings Caroline Du Potet and Eric Du Potet, their debut feature for Frontière(s) producer Rodolphe Guglielmi shares many of the signature traits of these films, effectively combining an isolated setting with characters who may not be quite what they initially appear, and the general feeling for much of their running times of 'just...
- 1/31/2011
- Shadowlocked
Here's a new thriller from France, the country that gave us Inside and High Tension . It's called Dans ton sommeil , or, In Their Sleep and was directed by newcomers Caroline du Potet and Eric du Potet. Rodolphe Guglielmi co-produced the picture, he pulled similar duties on Xavier Gens' Frotiere(s) . Anne Parillaud ( La Femme Nikita ) stars as a woman grieving the death of her son. Then late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red handed in the act of burglary. Sarah sympathizes with him, taking him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage...
- 1/12/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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