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28 August 1998 (USA) morePlot:
Sasha, a young British woman, is living with her baby daughter at Ile d'Yeu, a peaceful beach community... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Intriguing drama moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Sasha Hails | ... | Sasha |
| Marina de Van | ... | Tatiana |
| Samantha | ... | Sioffra, The Baby |
| Paul Raoux | ... | Sasha's Husband |
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Ile d'Yeu, Vendée, FranceFun Stuff
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Panis Angelicus moreFAQ
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The story begins with a crying baby and ends with a crying baby (but under very different circumstances) and in between we become involved in a intriguing and somewhat sinister drama about two very different women. The beauty of the beach location with its golden sand contrasts in an interesting way with the ugliness of the tragic events. Simmering not far below the surface is the sexual yearning of two women, each of them lonely in their own way.
Baby Chiffre is a great little actress - smiling, gurgling, crying and doing all the right things at the right time. The two women made a nice contrast in characters - Sasha Halls as the lonely elegant wife and Marina de Van as the intruding back-packer. The development of the plot as the cunning back-packer with her insensitive questioning manipulates the wife into accepting her presence inside her home is an exciting thought somewhat frightening aspect of the story.
There are a couple of details I would like to question: Firstly, would the obviously well-bred wife put the toilet roll at her feet on the bathroom floor? Secondly, whilst admitting she was very hungry, would the backpacker pick up her dinner plate and lick off the gravy with her big fat tongue? While the toothbrush scene might offend some people,I found it quite acceptable in the context of the desperate character.
Husband Paul appears late in the film as a businessman returning from Paris. The shocking scene which he discovers on arriving home stuns him into absolute silence, hand over mouth to stifle his cry. I think a cry of terror, panic, disbelief - call it what you will, would have added more dramatic impact.
Summing up: top quality film, interesting, exciting and disturbing. I am still trying to understand the significance of the title.