Year: 2010
Duration: 01:11:13
Directed by: François Gaillard, Christophe Robin
Actors: Julie Baron, Michel Coste and Aurélie Godefroy
Language: French (English subs)
Country: France
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Description: It’s hard to find english information about this film but here are some: This is an automatic translation of the French text: Pure giallo homage to the 70s, this feature film made by enthusiastic fans offers a number of exciting sequences, despite the shortcomings inherent in this type of self-production. To discover. The argument: Angela, an elegant young woman, spends his nights fantasizing about her neighbor, the sensual Anna Maria, a fortune teller to bewitching charm. One evening, Angela finds Anna Maria’s body savagely mutilated. In shock, she accidentally breaks the crystal ball of the latter. A crystal that has the real ability to read the future. But will she use her new gift to escape the violent death which has been promised? Our opinion: A real hotbed of talent, the city of Montpellier is increasingly recognized as a place of creation that has flourished in recent years : we have seen the film of Frederic Grousset (Aquarium) and now the duo François Gaillard / Christophe Robin. In all cases, the authors are passionate artists who work outside traditional channels through private funding. In the case of this Blackaria, it is the personal funds of François Gaillard and volunteering throughout the artistic and technical team that helped make what was to be originally a short film. Convinced by the quality of the court, the filmmakers have decided to extend the pleasure in extending to a long format. Shot on a shoestring with DV, the film suffers from a number of defects associated with its design hazardous. Thus, the rendering of DV gives a sometimes too realistic, even if the picture very colorful hides much of this defect. Similarly, the sound makes direct voice actors dull, hollow, reinforcing the impression of a game from them fragile. Finally, the actors are not always well directed and the film inexorably dive toward the production a (it sometimes seems to be a porn or a Jean Rollin, the scenes of lesbianism accentuating this feeling). Despite these grievances that can not be ignored, Blackaria is full of exciting promises that make a show to recommend to all lovers of Italian bis 70s. Passioned for this artistic period splendor, both authors pay homage to the cinema of Mario Bava (A Bay of Blood), Dario Argento (Giallo) and Lucio Fulci (Don’t Torture a Duckling) with a kind of love that transcends formal errors of the feature film. They put forward a nice story as it should be based on a whodunit, interrupted by a significant number of bloody murders and very effective. Through an elegant implementation, installation and inspired an undeniable sense of sexual fetishism, François Gaillard manages to create a fascinating atmosphere. He is greatly helped by the excellent musical score by French duo Double Dragon. Citing readily synthetic creations of Goblin, Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter, the musicians deliver a soundtrack that will thrill all fans of electronic bands like M83 or progressive rock as Zombi. Their music marries beautifully with colorful images of the film and allows numerous sequences to take off. While amateur Blackaria did not hurt to climb over the last productions of Dario Argento and proves far less annoying to follow than the boring aesthetic “Amer” (even if the latter was better technically).
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