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Amer

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
6.2K
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Amer (2009)
  • Horror
  • Thriller
As a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worl... Read allAs a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.As a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.
IMDb RATING
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6.2K
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  • Directors
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Writers
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Stars
    • Cassandra Forêt
    • Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    • Marie Bos
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  • Directors
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Writers
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Stars
    • Cassandra Forêt
    • Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    • Marie Bos
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    • 39User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 6 nominations

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    Cassandra Forêt
    • Ana enfantas Ana enfant
    Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    • Ana adolescenteas Ana adolescente
    Marie Bos
    Marie Bos
    • Ana adulteas Ana adulte
    Biancamaria D'Amato
    Biancamaria D'Amato
    • La mèreas La mère
    Harry Cleven
    • Le taximanas Le taximan
    Jean-Michel Vovk
    • Le pèreas Le père
    Bernard Marbaix
    • La grand-père mortas La grand-père mort
    Thomas Bonzani
    • Nono, l'adolescentas Nono, l'adolescent
    François Cognard
    • La silhouetteas La silhouette
    Delphine Brual
    • Graziellaas Graziella
    Jean Secq
    • L'épicieras L'épicier
    Béatrice Butler
    • L'épicièreas L'épicière
    Charles Forzani
    • L'agriculteuras L'agriculteur…
    Benjamin Guyot
    • Éboueuras Éboueur
    Yves Fostier
    • Ëboueuras Ëboueur
    Francesco Italiano
    • L'embaumeuras L'embaumeur
    Henriette Raimondé
    • La vieille dame derrière le rideauas La vieille dame derrière le rideau
    Christophe da Silva
    • Motardas Motard
    • Directors
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
    • Writers
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
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    • Trivia
      Quentin Tarantino singled out this film as one of his favorite films of 2010.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Lost in Vienna, Austria (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      La coda dello scorpione - seq. 1
      Written by Bruno Nicolai

      Published by Gemelli Edizioni Musicali

    User reviews39

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    6/10
    An eroticized homage to "The Maestro Of The Macabre"
    The NY TIMES called AMER "an exercise in giallo (eroticized horror), a richly colorful mosaic of sinister sidelong glances" while the LA TIMES enthused, "a nightmare vision of desire and fear -gorgeous, heady, dazzling!" but these pointed paeans are only partly true. Except for the odd snippet, there's no dialog or musical score in the three vignettes depicting the life of a disturbed young woman (childhood, adolescence, adulthood) and although the last sequence contains elements of the giallo, the film is more of an homage to the indelible images of "maestro of the macabre" Mario Bava.

    AMER's first segment on a child's reaction to her grandfather's death re-imagines the opening tale in Bava's trilogy I TRE VOLTE DELLA PAURA (aka BLACK SABBATH) from prying a valuable object out of a dead man's hand and the nightmare that follows right down to the dripping water and eerie blue, green, and red light that bathed the terrifying tableaux. The second segment on the girl's dangerous sexual awakening combines Bava's OPERAZIONE PAURA (aka KILL BABY KILL) and it's white soccer ball with the nebulous evil-under-the-sun aura of Tennesse Williams' SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER. The third and final scene that sees the young woman revisiting the abandoned villa where she grew up actually does reference BLOOD & BLACK LACE-style gialli with its black gloves, straight razor, and stalking sequence that leads up to a graphic murder. Unfortunately, there's only one (barely set piece) slaying in AMER and this dreamy collage of jump cuts, split screens, and undeniably beautiful imagery is less than the sum of its parts which may prove disappointing to hard-core horror fans. Cineastes -and those who enjoy avant-garde narrative as well as color-drenched kaleidoscopic visuals- should, however, get their money's worth. Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani's offbeat endeavor also reeks of Roman Polanski's REPULSION and I found the "eroticized" exercise admirable but more dull than anything else.
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    • Release date
      • March 3, 2010 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mái Nhà Xưa
    • Filming locations
      • Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France
    • Production companies
      • Anonymes Films
      • Tobina Film
      • Canal+
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    • Budget
      • €880,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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