La grande noirceur (2018)

La grande noirceur: Directed by Maxime Giroux. With Martin Dubreuil, Romain Duris, Reda Kateb, Sarah Gadon. While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his long journey home, he encounters various characters under the sway of a destructive madness borne of the chaotic times. His voyage, both violent and fascinating, is a hallucinatory initiation to the darker side of the American dream.

“The kind of film I crave for but only from time to time; not always. A weird, bizarre movie, not destined for all audiences. A definitely anti war feature, with awesome settings of Canada and some French actors, as Romain Duris in a very rare role for him: a disgusting, nasty villain, some kind of torturer. Actually, the middle of the movie is, for me, the most interesting part of the whole. Not the beginning nor the end. Unusual scheme of our lead meeting a very beautiful lady who happens to be herself a torturer, but not a hysterical torturer, no, on the contrary, a very u0026quot;coolu0026quot; torturer, which shows her in a more terrific way. Itu0026#39;s such a shame that the ending doesnu0026#39;t please me, not my taste at all. A film that deserves to be seen. Definitely.”