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17 September 2003 (France) morePlot:
David, an independent photographer, and Katia, an unemployed woman, leave Los Angeles, en route to the southern California desert... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Review | Faith No More: Bruno Dumont’s “Hadewijch” (From indieWIRE. 12 September 2009, 4:44 PM, PDT)
Film in Pictures: Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch
(From ioncinema. 16 July 2009)
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A brilliant but deeply misunderstood horror film. more (84 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Yekaterina Golubeva | ... | Katia (as Katia Golubeva) |
 | David Wissak | ... | David |
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France:119 min | USA:119 minColor:
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Australia:R | Portugal:M/16 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM18 | Mexico:C | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud)Fun Stuff
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Featured in "Kinomagazin: Das Schöne ist mein Dämon - Der Filmemacher Bruno Dumont" (2007) moreSoundtrack:
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Twenty-nine palms. Directed by Bruno Dumont. ****
Film-making is about images NOT stories.
I just can't believe the amount of awful reviews this great film has been receiving in the site. It is a shame that people actually don't get it, when it fact it works in two levels perfectly.
The first level is intellectual. You can dissect it in its metaphors, symbols, etc. but I don't like that because we will not ever know what was happening in Dumont's head (conscious and unconscious) when he filmed it.
The second level is plain emotional. You can take the film as an atypical horror film. And it truly scared the hell out of me. It shocked me in a way no other film did before. Ever.
The acting sucks? I don't think so. They are just acting natural. It's not like: "Look at me, uh! Look at me, Give me my freaking Oscar!". They are just portraying common people. And if you don't like how common people talk, well... beat it!
That's another issue that annoyed me. A lot of people have stated here: "Writing on it sucks" Well, What were you expecting? Retro-linguistics, artsy-historic wannabe type, on the track of major turkeys like "Troy", "King Arthur" or "The Village"? Give me now a major break and let me tell you this is how people talk. Go out more often, if you please.
The great trick on the film, is that Dumont made it so hiper realistic. So, when the shocker ending comes, it hits you like a van running at 110 mph in the middle of the Joshua Tree Desert. And yes, ready to scare you off to death.
10/10