Category Archives: crime

“Breathe” (Mélanie Laurent, France 2014)

Breathe

A friendship between two girls (one introvert, one extrovert) turns to a complete misunderstanding.

Cast: Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Roxane Duran
Director: Mélanie Laurent
Screenplay: Julien Lambroschini, Mélanie Laurent / Novel: Anne-Sophie Brasme
Director of Photography: Arnaud Potier
Editor: Guerric Catala
Music: Marc Chouarain

“The Gift” (Joel Edgerton, USA 2015)

The Gift

The script hesitates between a few genres (horror, thriller) before opting for a bully-victim relationship that loses much of its dramatic content along the way. An identical indecision hovers over who is the main character of the movie: Simon (Jason Bateman)? Robyn (Rebecca Hall)? Gordo (Joel Edgerton)?

Cast: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denman, Beau Knapp, Allison Tolman, P. J. Byrne, Busy Philipps, Wendell Pierce, Katie Aselton
Director: Joel Edgerton
Writer: Joel Edgerton
Director of Photography: Eduard Grau