Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies 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?
Cast: Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Bianca Maria D'Amato and Cassandra Foret
Written by Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzan
Directed by Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani
What I liked? The visuals, the sound effects, the soundtrack.
What I didn't like? Not understanding it!
Summary: I really didn’t fancy the Video Nasty documentary, even though people said it was very good. So opted for the discovery screen to see the French/Belgium film Amer.
I’ve not really focused much attention to the Giallo film’s of the past, but I think it’s an avenue of foreign film I would like to investigate just based on this film alone. Amer was not an easy film to follow, concerning it’s self with moment’s during a girl’s life as she passes from child to teenager to adult. It looks amazing, and the soundtrack complemented the film perfectly, but trying to piece together a coherent plot line was hard. Maybe it lacked a plot, the killer turned up in the final act, no motive, and no clues to who he/she was, which just added to the confusion of it all.
Maybe all Giallo films are like this, and once I’ve seen a few, the pattern and flow will seem more obvious.
I never disliked anything in the film, all of the imagery, the sounds and the music are amazing, it’s such a different film experience to normal films really and one I must admit I did enjoy in the end.
Overall interesting film making and amazing to look and listen too! (8/10)
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