“Elle Veut Le Chaos”
A French Canadian film set in the rural area of Quebec. This was the first film that I almost walked out of so far in Locarno. But I endured...
Shot in black and white, this felt like an insignificant imitation of “At Close Range,” which was a much more engrossing American film with similar themes (starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken).
This film meandered for far too long in a haze of pretentiousness. A poorly acted story of neighboring petty criminal families. Male machismo, Russian prostitutes, ping-pong tables, pick-up trucks, ex-cons, isolation, and loneliness...
Shot in black and white, this felt like an insignificant imitation of “At Close Range,” which was a much more engrossing American film with similar themes (starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken).
This film meandered for far too long in a haze of pretentiousness. A poorly acted story of neighboring petty criminal families. Male machismo, Russian prostitutes, ping-pong tables, pick-up trucks, ex-cons, isolation, and loneliness...
