writ. and dir. Louis Malle
feat. Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gelin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Gila von Weitershausen, Fabien Ferreux, Marc Winocourt
With convincing offbeat scenes of bonding and budding adolescence, Louis Malle establishes a family that appears natural and appealing, like a bunch of kooky neighbors with whom it would be fun to share a drink now and then. With this familiarity, he slyly disarms the viewer, altering expectations and inhibitions over the course of his deceptively airy film as the story moves toward a climax that is both horrifically unsettling and inevitable. With masterful sleight of hand, he reduces the revulsion to a mere flinch, its impact overwhelmed by Laurent's sunny disposition and newfound manhood.
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