QUI A TUE
BAMBI?
WHO KILLED BAMBI? |
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Director:
Gilles Marchand
Screenplay: Gilles Marchand & Vincent Dietschy
Cast:
Isabelle (Bambi): Sophie Quinton
Dr Philipp: Laurent Lucas
Véronique: Catherine Jacob
Sami: Yasmine Belmadi
Ms.Vachon: Michèle Moretti
Nathalie: Valérie Donzelli
Running time: 128'
Year of production: France - 2003
Rating: Not rated (bref nudity and violence)
Gauge: 35mm CinemaScope, DVD (color)
Distributor: Strand Releasing
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“The
place is so vacuum-sealed and desolate that it feels as
surreal as a maximum-security prison; its silence alone
could kill you.”
Stephen Holden, The New York Times |
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Isabelle is
a student nurse in the surgical unit of a large hospital.
One night, in the empty hospital corridors, Isabelle meets
Dr. Philipp, a good-looking, yet mysterious man. Isabelle
becomes fascinated by him, but is it love or is it fear? Deep
down Isabelle knows there is something terribly wrong with
him. She is quite right to be worried. Dr. Philipp visits
with the young female patients during the day and he takes
advantage of them at night. The strong-willed Isabelle starts
her own investigation but the distinction between reality
and fiction begins to blur. Her daily training as a nurse
has the same dreamlike and disturbing quality as her frequent
malaise. The tension runs high, Isabelle is under stress as
she learns the delicate skills of nursing and assists surgeons
in the operating wing for the first time. Dr. Philipp’s
late-night wanderings in the empty hospital corridors are
chilling and make one wonder how far he is prepared to go
in his actions. With a highly stylized image, and a mixture
of sound effects and music, Gilles Marchand conveys a dark
and unsettling atmosphere throughout the production.
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