Adoration (1996)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Olivier Smolders

Writer:

Olivier Smolders (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Short

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Catherine Aymerie
Takashi Matsuo

Runtime:

16 min

Country:

Belgium | France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Company:

Iblis Films

madness documentary

I can hardly regard the entire story as a kind of art,especially when i learn it bases on a true story.The man who did this is disgusting,for his behaviors reveals the darkest impulse of human being,as the director introduced in the Cinema of Death DVD.

I absolutely hate the man's deed,but I have to say I adore the way the director illustrates it.He adds nothing emotional to the film,just tells the whole story out in detail,rationally and neatly.He does the film in a documentary way,but attention plz,it's actually not a documentary.All the horrific scenes are performed by actors.

After it,i hesitate at the question to whom i could recommend this film.If you will never be upset about the extreme dark side of human mind and are always eager to appreciate the incomprehensible crazed obsession of love,OK,then enjoy the film(but seemingly the director said the murderer is not really in love with the victim,or he will never kill her.maybe he did it not out of love,but out of selfishness).

I think the director made it is not to say "right" or "wrong" to the man's mad behaviors,he just wanna record the affair in his way,then tells us about it,and so everyone of us can make a judgment all by ourselves.so that's why he did it in an all documental way.