Isabel (1968)
Isabel (1968)
WEBRip | MKV | 632x480 | x264 @ 1700 Kbps | 108 min | 1,43 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English forced (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
WEBRip | MKV | 632x480 | x264 @ 1700 Kbps | 108 min | 1,43 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English forced (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director: Paul Almond
Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Lynden Bechervaise, Therese Cadorette
This moody Canadian thriller follows the beautiful Isabel (Geneviève Bujold) as she leaves Montreal and returns to the coastal Quebec farm where she grew up. Discovering that her mother has died, Isabel stays on the farm to assist her uncle (Gerard Parkes) with the daily chores. Her presence there stirs up disturbing memories of violence and death in the family, and soon Isabel is tormented by dark visions that leave her increasingly unsettled and fearful.
I knew nothing about the film before I walked in the theatre. It turned out to be a "coming of age" experience. The face of the young Genevieve Bujold was captivating. Then the lovely locations, odd music and even odder characters took over. The movie held me spellbound with a sense of unexplainable, frightening acts about to occur. More than once I was jolted right out of my seat. Even though I didn't begin to comprehend the events in her life, I completely believed in Isabel as a person who could survive a series of random threats. Bujold's performance moved me deeply with beautifully understated moments of fear, confusion and hope. Her director/husband may not know how to tell a story but he can fill the screen with tension, misery and awe. This movie is a time capsule of a girl/woman's torn-apart and put-back-together life.
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Isabel (1968)
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