Je suis le seigneur du château (1989)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Régis Wargnier

Escritores:

Susan Hill (novel)
Alain Le Henry (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 febrero 1989 (France)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Plot Keywords:

Brittany | Children | Boy | Child Suicide | Castle

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The best French film I ever watched

Reparto

Jean Rochefort	...	Monsieur Bréaud
Dominique Blanc	...	Madame Vernet
Régis Arpin	...	Thomas Bréaud
David Behar	...	Charles Vernet
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Pascale Le Goff	...	L'accouchee
Frederic Renno	...	Le docteur

También conocida como:

I'm the King of the Castle
El señor de la gran mansión (Spain) [es]

Duración:

90 min

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Australia:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Château de Beaumanoir, Le Leslay, Côtes-d'Armor, France

Compañía:

AAA Productions

Banda de Sonido:

Corazon de Paris

The best French film I ever watched

I saw this movie 11 years ago, when I was almost the age of the protagonists, and it looked so real and intense to me that even for long later I still was impressed and didn't want to see it again. If you watch it, you'll probably understand why.

Thomas (Régis Arpin) is the 12-year-old son of a millionaire who lives in a big mansion surrounded by woods in France. When his mother dies, his father hires a widow maid to take care of all while he is away. The woman brings her only son, Charles, to live with them and, hopefully, make company to lonesome Thomas. The rich boy and the poor one become enemies from the very first encounter. Moved essentially by jealousy and fear, Thomas decides to turn Charles' life into hell, especially after their parents eventually fall in love. As the title suggests, he wants to make clear to the 'invader' who is the lord of the castle.

American audiences will compare it to "The Good Son", but Macaulay Culkin is a hundred feet below what Régis Arpin does in this movie. Childish cruelty here is not a psycho obsession, but rather a mean of defense which is later surpassed.

Yet, it's the best French film I ever watched, even though I was that young boy the first time. By then, the end of the film seemed quite enigmatic to me. Years later, I thought I had found the clue and I had a certainty about it. By seeing it again, I believe it was really intended to be enigmatic, and there are no certainties to have: only a child's eyes are able to perceive.