Un lac

Un lac

2008
Drama
1h 30m
The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing: a country of snow and dense forests. A family lives isolated near a lake. Alexi, the brother, is a young man with pure heart. A woodcutter. An ecstatic, prey to epileptic fits, he is open to the nature around him. Alexi is terribly close to his younger sister, Hege. Their blind mother, their father and their little brother are the silent witnesses to their overwhelming love. A stranger arrives, a young man barely older that Alexi. (imdb)
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Un lac

2008
Drama
1h 30m
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Rated 08 Jun 2010
95
98th
I think the title is really to the point.
Rated 17 Jun 2015
55
32nd
I like Grandrieux's vision but I think that he is unable to support that great expressionistic experimental style with satisfying stories. Although that one started as a possible exception it is unsatisfying either, because the audience only witnesses a biblical story of loss of innocence and consolation with the civilization in the embodiment of a pseudo-prophet Alexi. I appreciate the mood he tries to create but because of his rudimentary stories he cannot reach to a certain transendence.
Rated 02 May 2011
75
53rd
It's not easy to follow, even though not a lot happens. You spend an hour and a half and nothing really happens. However, there is some nice imagery and it shows the isolation really well. The beginning is very affective, and so is the end. The stuff in between isn't always easy to sit through, and the narrative is almost non-existent. There's a lot of darkness. The image isn't always clear. I liked it, I thought it was artistic. But for those reasons, maybe it won't be your cup of tea.
Rated 25 Oct 2021
91
94th
I found this creepier than Sombre. I can’t stop thinking about it
Rated 21 Nov 2013
90
88th
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Rated 10 Jun 2012
80
58th
Grandrieux makes ample use of darkness, fog, and a blurred camera, effects which create a palpable sense of mystery around what is at its heart a very simple story. The mystery in turn diminishes the importance of the narrative as Grandrieux instead aims to uncover feelings associated with deep familial attachment and loss. The film's setting, on an island in the middle of a lake, seems primordial and thereby universalizes the tale beyond its immediate context.

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