The Ring Finger (2005) L'annulaire
The Ring Finger (2005)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x432 | x264 @ 2094 Kbps | 100 min | 1,65 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 720x432 | x264 @ 2094 Kbps | 100 min | 1,65 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama
Director: Diane Bertrand
Writers: Diane Bertrand, Yôko Ogawa (novel)
Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Marc Barbé, Stipe Erceg
Yoko Ogawa's cult novel serves as the inspiration for director Diane Bertrand's haunting erotic drama starring Olga Kurylenko. Iris (Kurylenko) is looking for employment when she goes to work for an eccentric scientist who specializes in preserving people's personal mementos. Later, as Iris lovingly sets about preserving such keepsakes as animal bones and inanimate objects, an attraction begins to develop between her and the scientist and the pair enter into an ominous but occasionally playful love affair.
Very fine film, beautifully photographed and directed with a wonderful central performance from Olga Kurylenko, who of course, has deservedly gone on to find fame and fortune, while this gem languishes, barely seen. I had never heard of it when I picked it up but am certainly glad I did. Based on a book by Japanese author Yoko Ogawa this is a marvellously quirky tale on the nature of obsession and possession. Some have mentioned David Lynch and I would have thought most of his fans would enjoy this. Set mainly in the port of Hamburg, we get a fantastic painterly picture with the increasingly strange happening inside as people visit to have painful memories preserved and thereby contained. Very Japanese in concept and this would have worked more easily in a Japanese setting but this is still a unique experience well worth seeing. Oh, and I almost forgot mesmerising score from Beth Gibbons, which is sadly not available.
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The Ring Finger (2005) L'annulaire
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