Les démons (2015) The Demons
Les démons (2015)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1916x796 | x264 @ 4446 Kbps | Français AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | 117 min | 4,06 Gb
Subs: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, Português, Polski, Japanese (日本語)
Genre: Art-house, Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1916x796 | x264 @ 4446 Kbps | Français AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | 117 min | 4,06 Gb
Subs: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, Português, Polski, Japanese (日本語)
Genre: Art-house, Drama
Director: Philippe Lesage
Writer: Philippe Lesage
Stars: Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Vassili Schneider
While Montreal is in the throes of a string of kidnappings targeting young boys, ten-year-old Felix is finishing his school year in the seemingly quiet suburb where he lives. A sensitive boy with a vivid imagination, Felix is afraid of everything. Little by little, his imaginary demons begin to mirror those of the truly disturbing world around him.
An adult coming-of-age film from Quebec, The Demons is a stunning debut from documentarian Lesage.
The ironically-named Felix is growing up, by which we really mean that he realises that while his world's parameters are stable, the life teeming inside it is anything but.
Going from lacerating irony and tenderness to sheer horror and pathos, the film is subtly paced, with the documentarian's detached eye in delicate counterpoint to the emotional turbulence Felix experiences. Lesage's music is remarkable, almost Lynchian in its suggestiveness and occasional weirdness. Lesage knows how to take his time, the scenes unfolding slowly into often unbearable tension that never resolves into anything predictable.
Like The Dangerous Lives of Altarboys, Lesage's film knows that to go deep, you have to go big. And he does.
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Les démons (2015) The Demons
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