Bjorn Diamant Hav
review contains spoilers. but trust me, if you're a decent human being you're gonna want to read it anyway. because once you do, i doubt you'll want to watch the film unless you're into openly PERVERTED, disgusting content involving children.Um.... This is literally a movie about women sexual abusing little children by making them , through human experimentation, carry babies? Why the f**k is this acceptable? Or given good ratings? The boys also witness an orgy between the adult women. I mean, think of it in reverse, if this was a film about adult men were subject little girls to scientific experiments, forcing the little girls to carry and have babies, and letting little girls watch a public male orgy. There would be a public outrage over this. It's not Artistic or Intriguing or Mysterious. It's literally a movie about the sexual abuse of little boys. f**k this movie.
Michael Ledo
Contains THE plot spoiler (not ending or plot parts) The title coupled with the film description gives most of the plot away. I had it figured out a few short minutes into the film which was slow moving and boring. Nicolas (Max Brebant) is one of several boys his age (9-11?) constituting the male population of this French speaking community. All the women are about late 20's and pretty much look and dress alike, wearing their hair straight back in cult-like fashion.The film trudges on as I discovered exactly what I suspected after the first two minutes....and here is your one word PLOT SPOILER...seahorses. This was a Spartan isolated community, yet had computer technology and electricity and my head was about to explode on that aspect. This is an artsy film that didn't make it for me, because I couldn't figure out the message or theme if there was one. And artsy films require either a decent theme or a lot of cleavage for me to like them. This had neither.This is another "emperor has no clothes film." People say they like it simply to look cool and intellectual.Guide: distant nudity....I think. Not one Kip Addotta joke.
jessicafischerqueen
If you like HP Lovecraft, THX 1138, or David Lynch movies you may well enjoy this one too. The plot seems a bit too far out, and there appear to be so many plot holes that the establishing sequences may prove frustrating. It's worth waiting though- contrary to several of the reviews on this IMDb page, there is actually a plot resolution that helps explain what you just watched. I don't think it's any more abstruse than the ending of THX 1138. The best news is the staggeringly beautiful cinematography, locations, set design, and makeup. These combine perfectly to help create a disturbing psychosphere that somehow manages to be both stark and voluptuous at the same time. Despite the deeply oppressive Lovecraftian atmosphere throughout, the film climaxes with great spiritual beauty- and sadness.
tommyknocker-5
I can understand why some people appreciate this movie but I'm not one of them. I love independent cinema and I barely watch anything else than that but this movie is beyond my comprehension. OK, it had good cinematography, but good or great cinematography does not equal a good movie. It's very slow-paced, well, not even slow-paced, rather none-paced. It's boring, dull and nothing happens for the total runtime of 81 minutes. If you watch a movie, solely for its cinematography, then you may appreciate this one, but if you're hoping for another masterpiece in French cinema, i.e. Martyrs or Inside, then look somewhere else.
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