★★★★☆ Divisive filmmaker Bruno Dumont is no stranger to spirituality, and can hardly be accused of fence-sitting with Hors Satan (Outside Satan, 2011), which arrives on DVD this week courtesy of New Wave Films. Whilst the auteur's defiant opacity may put some cinephiles off, he's once again crafted an unmissable, morally-complex experience. Using little-known actors to portray his characters, Dumont creates a challenging but nevertheless compelling narrative which seeks to examine the murky synergy of good and evil - all present within Hors Satan's enigmatic protagonist, simply referred to as 'the guy' (the late David Dewaele).
Sleeping rough on the outskirts of a small coastal hamlet in Pas-de-Calais, 'the guy' ('le gars') wanders the stark landscapes akin to some messianic embodiment of nature's amorality. Here, a young woman (Alexandra Lemâtre) confides in him about her abusive stepfather. When it's claimed that she simply cannot take any more it prompts a swift...
Sleeping rough on the outskirts of a small coastal hamlet in Pas-de-Calais, 'the guy' ('le gars') wanders the stark landscapes akin to some messianic embodiment of nature's amorality. Here, a young woman (Alexandra Lemâtre) confides in him about her abusive stepfather. When it's claimed that she simply cannot take any more it prompts a swift...
- 5/13/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
UK arthouse distributor New Wave Films are pleased to announce the release of controversial director Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan (2011) this coming Monday (13 May). Along the Cote d'Opale, near to a hamlet with a river and a marshland, lives an unusual guy (the late David Dewaele) who struggles along, poaches, prays and builds fires. To celebrate the home entertainment release of Dumont's latest critically-acclaimed work, we have Three DVD copies of Hors Satan to offer out to our world cinema-loving readership, courtesy of New Wave. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
Dumont's Hors Satan is beautifully shot in a protected area on the coast of Northern France, where the director has been living most of his life. The film engages in a unique way with...
Dumont's Hors Satan is beautifully shot in a protected area on the coast of Northern France, where the director has been living most of his life. The film engages in a unique way with...
- 5/10/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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It was less than ten years ago, but already the Indian Ocean Tsunami has passed from a documentary subject to disaster-movie material. To injurious timing, though, this epic adds the insult of assuming we're only interested in how it affected white people. It's firmly focused on the plight of a British family, separated by the disaster. It's based on a true story, and impressively mounted, but that's no excuse for the myopic tastelessness.
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- 1/5/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The wild, coastal landscapes where Bruno Dumont's antihero roams free from retribution create a lucid dream of violence and beauty
It could be the antihero who is supposed to be "outside Satan" in Bruno Dumont's latest film, or it could be the remote, islanded world he inhabits. He and they are quite close to Satan, at all events; it is perhaps truer to say he is outside both God and Satan. Devotees of Dumont's earlier films – particularly his 1999 film Humanity – will instantly recognise the style, the locale, the narrative, the bizarre quasi-realism, in which events take place in a world infinitesimally different from the one we inhabit. As ever, the visionary, radioactive glow is compelling.
We are back in the broad, wild coastal landscapes of northern France, of which Britain's nearest equivalent is the East Anglian fen, a world of largely unsmiling, often unspeaking characters represented by non-professional actors.
It could be the antihero who is supposed to be "outside Satan" in Bruno Dumont's latest film, or it could be the remote, islanded world he inhabits. He and they are quite close to Satan, at all events; it is perhaps truer to say he is outside both God and Satan. Devotees of Dumont's earlier films – particularly his 1999 film Humanity – will instantly recognise the style, the locale, the narrative, the bizarre quasi-realism, in which events take place in a world infinitesimally different from the one we inhabit. As ever, the visionary, radioactive glow is compelling.
We are back in the broad, wild coastal landscapes of northern France, of which Britain's nearest equivalent is the East Anglian fen, a world of largely unsmiling, often unspeaking characters represented by non-professional actors.
- 1/4/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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