Inguélézi
2004 Drama
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Summary
Traumatised by the premature death of her husband, Geneviève rejects the support
of her friends and falls into a grieving solitude. Whilst driving home one night,
she sees an overturned lorry in flames. Leaving the police to attend to the accident,
she returns home, and discovers a young man hiding in the boot of her car. An illegal
immigrant...
Review
Inguélézi is markedly different
in tone and style to the kind of films that we associate with director François
Dupeyron. In contrast to the achingly beautiful cinematography and epic feel of
La
Chambre des officiers (2001), Inguélézi
is a confined, low budget production, filmed with a hand-held digital video camera,
and is a pretty grim and ugly affair. The rough and ready "cinéma vérité"
approach does serve the subject of the film, but somehow it feels more like an exercise
in cinematic experimentation than a serious attempt at a piece of social drama.
Despite credible performances from the two load actors, the film just doesn’t ring true;
it lacks real poignancy and the underlying social messages lose much of their impact.
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