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Amer

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
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6.1/10
6.4K
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Amer (2009)
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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.

  • Directors
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Writers
    • Hélène Cattet
    • Bruno Forzani
  • Stars
    • Cassandra Forêt
    • Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    • Marie Bos
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    6.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
    • Writers
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
    • Stars
      • Cassandra Forêt
      • Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
      • Marie Bos
    • 39User reviews
    • 148Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 6 nominations

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    Cassandra Forêt
    • Ana enfant
    Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud
    • Ana adolescente
    • (as Charlotte Eugène Guibbaud)
    Marie Bos
    Marie Bos
    • Ana adulte
    Biancamaria D'Amato
    Biancamaria D'Amato
    • La mère
    • (as Bianca Maria D'Amato)
    Harry Cleven
    • Le taximan
    Jean-Michel Vovk
    • Le père
    Bernard Marbaix
    • La grand-père mort
    Thomas Bonzani
    • Nono, l'adolescent
    François Cognard
    • La silhouette
    Delphine Brual
    • Graziella
    Jean Secq
    • L'épicier
    Béatrice Butler
    • L'épicière
    Charles Forzani
    • L'agriculteur…
    Benjamin Guyot
    • Éboueur
    Yves Fostier
    • Ëboueur
    Francesco Italiano
    • L'embaumeur
    Henriette Raimondé
    • La vieille dame derrière le rideau
    Christophe da Silva
    • Motard
    • Directors
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
    • Writers
      • Hélène Cattet
      • Bruno Forzani
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    • Trivia
      The literal meaning of the word Amer is "bitter".
    • 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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    • Oct 15, 2011

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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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