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The Vourdalak (2023)
#the vourdalak#adrien beau#kacey mottet klein#ariane labed#gregoire colin#Vassili scheider#claire duburcq#puppetry#talks
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Sex is Comedy (Catherine Breillat, 2002)
#roxane mesquida#anne parillaud#gregoire colin#catherine breillat#sex is comedy#female filmmakers#female directed films#female directors#women in film#female screenwriters#french cinema
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The Vourdalak (2024) review
Bet A24 are kicking their shins for missing this one.
Plot: Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d'Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge in the home of a strange family.
In my childhood my dad would always read to me various stories at bedtime, and the one that really stuck out was the little novella “The Family of the Vourdalak” by Aleksey Tolstoy (that’s the other Tolstoy, not the madman who spent however long writing the over thousand pages of War & Peace), and the reason this one really left an impression on my little brain was how it held this immersive element of dread and terror that didn’t let go until the end. For this is a vampire tale, yet interestingly enough this was actually written near half a century prior to Bram Stoker publishing his famous Dracula novel. So this is very much an early folkloric interpretation of what vampires were, that came from myths and tales spun around villages, so look, all I’m saying is these old school villagers had a wild imagination and Tolstoy utilised that well. Anyway, if you’ve never read the original 1839 novella, do yourself a favour and seek it out, as it’s truly spectacular.
With that in mind when I heard there was a new French movie adaptation being released of Tolstoy’s story I knew I had to seek it out as I always thought that material had so much cinematic potential. Truly I was expecting some gruesome dark visually striking in-yer-face shocker of the level of Hereditary or Evil Dead Rise, because honestly I could totally see that working. But to my surprise director Adrien Beau has gone a completely different direction.
The Vourdalak is a film that does not belong in the 21st century. Seeing this in 2024 is really odd, and I mean that in the best way. Reminiscent of a time gone by, The Vourdalak was shot on film, truly embracing the vintage look with real grain and harsh shadows, envoking the feel of a period piece from the 70s/80s. As such I can see many viewers be put off by this thinking the movie looks cheap or dull, but I truly think this stylistic choice was a nice change of pace for a modern day horror, and a nice way to get by its low-budget. The setting of the sparsely populated European forest also allows for the threat to feel more effective due to how confinding and inescapable the situation is.
In terms of negatives I didn’t give two craps about any of the characters. The main French aristocrat we follow who refers to himself as the emissary of the King of France is a pompous face-covered-in-white-make-up narcissistic dandelion who can only think about the next woman who’s pants he can get into. The family in the forest he comes across are all varied introverts who have their eccentricities, but none of them were likeable as such. You know who was great though? The main vampire!
So the titular Vourdalak (a vampire-like being with Slavic origins that prefers to feast on blood of relatives rather than strangers)…… he’s a puppet. No joke, this is a 2024 horror movie where the vampire is portrayed by a puppet. It’s actually done really well too, with the life-sized marionette moving in uncanny strange ways, eyes bulging out, rictus grinning and with a disembodied voice, it all comes to a pretty immersive effect. It makes for a good reminder how solid and effective practical effect instead of CGI can be. But also the vampire itself, though creepy, was actually kind of a stand up fella? Like yes he wanted to suck everyone’s blood and kill and so on, but when he spoke he was always super polite, had a nice level of sass to him too. Honestly I’d hang out with the guy. I’d grab a pint with him for sure.
Overall the movie is an interesting nostalgic view of horror from a bygone era, with old school visuals and a fantastic vampire puppet performance, and though I would say there were times the film did drag a bit, as a whole this was a delightful peace of Gothic fairytale. This may just be the bite in the neck the genre needed.
Overall score: 6/10
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Grégoire Colin and Mati Diop in 35 Shots of Rum (2008) dir. Claire Denis
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beau travail (1999) dir. claire denis
Maybe freedom begins with remorse. Maybe freedom begins with remorse. I heard that somewhere.
8.5/10
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Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
#claire denis#agnes godard#film#blue#beau travail#herman melville#denis lavant#gregoire colin#djibouti#french legion#military#war#Youtube
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Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement) (2022) Claire Denis
January 14th 2023
#both sides of the blade#avec amour et acharnement#2022#claire denis#juliette binoche#vincent lindon#gregoire colin#bulle ogier#issa perica#mati diop#lilian thuram
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Films of 2024: The Vourdalak (dir. Adrien Beau)
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#films of 2024#the vourdalak#adrien beau#gregoire colin#ariane labed#is it faithful homage or is it just out of focus half the time?#the middle stretch makes it worth watching#amazing puppet
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YOU RESEMBLE ME:
Constant cruelty
Sister loses her real self
Gets radicalized
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#you resemble me#random richards#poem#haiku#poetry#haiku poem#poets on tumblr#haiku poetry#haiku form#poetic#haiku on tumblr#lorenza grimaudo#Ilonna Grimaudo#gregoire colin#Dina amer#Omar Mullick#Sabrina Ouazani#mouna soualem#Alexandre gonin#Youtube
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'The Intruder' – a sensual odyssey on Criterion Channel
Claire Denis’s vivid and visceral The Intruder (France, 2005) stars Michel Subor as Louis Trebor, a grizzled old lone wolf who has left the herd for a solitary existence in the Northern wilderness. Or so it seems from the first images, wandering through the wilds under his hard, tight face etched with years and mane of white hair, leading a pack of dogs. Louis may be a Russian spy, he certainly…
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#2005#Agnes Godard#Agnès Godard#Alex Descas#Beatrice Dalle#Claire Denis#Criterion Channel#DVD#France#Grégoire Colin#Gregoire Colin#Katia Golubeva#Michel Subor
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U.S. Go Home (1994)
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Throane - Plus Une Main À Mordre (October 20th, 2017) Country: France Genre: Avant-Garde Black Metal Format: FLAC
Everything composed by Vincent Petitjean A.K.A. Dehn Sora
Guest/Session: Gregoire Quartier - Drums Colin H. Van Eeckhout - Vocals (Track 6) Sylvain Doerler - Vocals (Track 6) Jean-Emmanuel Simoulin - Vocals (Track 6)
Miscellaneous Staff: Vincent Petitjean - Artwork Samuel Vaney - Producer Franck Neuman - Drum Recording
Label: Debemur Morti Productions
Tracklist:
Aux tirs et aux traits - 09:37
Et ceux en lesquels ils croyaient - 04:27
À trop réclamer les vers - 05:46
Et tout finira par chuter - 09:45
Mille Autres - 04:51
Plus une main à mordre - 11:41
#Telegram#Throane#Avant-Garde Black Metal#Black Metal#Dehn Sora#Vincent Petitjean#Gregoire Quartier#Sylvain Doerler#Jean-Emmanuel Simoulin#Franck Neuman#France#Colin H. Van Eeckhout#Belgium#Samuel Vaney#Switzerland#Debemur Morti Productions#Cover Art#Artwork
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The Vourdalak (2023) Movie Review
The Vourdalak – Movie Review Director: Adrien Beau Writer: Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier (Screenplay) Writer: Aleksei Tolstoy (Short Story) Cast Kacey Mottet Klein (Happening) Ariane Labed (Assassin’s Creed) Gregoire Colin Vassili Schneider (The Count of Monte-Cristo) Claire Duburcq (1917) Plot: Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds…
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THE VOURDALAK | Official Trailer, Image & Poster
When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha.
But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself...
Adapted from a novella that predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century, THE VOURDALAK is an atmospheric, unexpected, sensorial experience that will leave you reeling and giddy in equal measure.
Directed by Adrien Beau with a script by Hadrien Bouvier and Adrien Beau based on La Famille du Vourdalak by Aleksei K. Tolstoy, THE VOURDALAK stars Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Gregoire Colin, and Vassili Schneider.
THE VOURDALAK, from Oscilloscope Laboratories, in theaters June 28th, 2024.
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Franse film Beau travail in de bioscoop
Op 22 februari komt de Franse film van Claire Denis Beau travail uit in de bioscoop. Deze klassieker is nooit eerder uitgebracht in Nederland en wordt nu in 4k-versie vertoond. In de film spelen bekende acteurs zoals Denis Lavant, Michel Subor en Gregoire Colin. In het kortGaloup (Denis Lavant) blikt vanuit Marseille terug op zijn tijd bij het vreemdelingenlegioen in het Afrikaanse Djibouti. Er…
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