Adrénaline (1990)

Directors:

Anita Assal
Barthélémy Bompard

Writers:

Philippe Bompard (segments)
Philippe Dorison (segment)

Release Date:

31 January 1990 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Supernatural | Anthology

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Clémentine Célarié	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Franck Baruk	...	(segment "Embouteillages")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alain Aithnard	...	(segment "Le cimetière des éléphants")
Barthélémy Bompard	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Jimmy Brouté	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Marie-Thérèse Caumont	...	(segment "Corridor")
Arno Chevrier	...	(segment "Interrogatoire")
Bernadette Coqueret	...	(segment "Revestriction")
Daniel Dupont	...	(segment "Le cimetière des éléphants")
Gilbert Duprez	...	(segment "Urgences")
Laurent Galla	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Jean-François Gallotte	...	(segment "Corridor")
Valérie Genoud	...	(segment "Le cimetière des éléphants")
Henri Guégan	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Catherine Le Hello	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Fabien Librecht	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Jean-Marie Maddeddu	...	(segments "Sculpture physique", "Cyclope", "TV Buster", "La dernière mouche", "Urgences")
Ged Marlon	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Marie-Christine Munchery	...	(segment "Graffiti")
André Obadia	...	(segment "Le cimetière des éléphants")
Papus	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Yann Piquer	...	(segment "Metrovision")
Anne-Marie Pisani	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Anne Seiller	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Carol Styczen	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Carla Taillol	...	(segment "Interrogatoire")
Julien Thomast	...	(segment "TV Buster")
Fabien Vuilleret	...	(segment "La dernière mouche")
Roger Zaconni	...	(segment "Corridor")

Runtime:

77 min | Argentina:80 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Canal+

A strange mix of humorous surrealism and sordidness

"Adrenaline" proposes a string of short surrealist films presenting at various levels an interesting mix of mild gore, cynical humor and absurd. A deeper treatment of the different themes approached (predestination, suffering for art, tv interactivity, obsession, and so on) would have been appreciated, but this can be a difficult task in regard of the formula adopted here (and possibly because of budgetary constraints) by the various directors. The light entertainment this film provided me gets a 6 on 10 on my MPS (mindf*cks per second) scale.