Peau d'homme coeur de bête

Name: Peau d'homme coeur de bête
Genre: Drama
Released: June 21, 2002
Rating: 64

2002

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Leisure Time Features | Release Date: June 21, 2002

Summary: In the remote countryside of southern France the fragments of a troubled family reconvene.

Director: Hélène Angel

Genre(s): Drama

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Scott Tobias

Posed somewhere between a fairy tale and harsh reality, the film pulls off a daring feat by turning Blancan into an almost abstract monster as a way of getting into the deeply unhealthy situation that created him. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

A crushingly dark vision of male rage and female vulnerability, Hélène Angel's accomplished first feature hits you like an anvil -- after it's all over. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

French director Helene Angel's dark but deftly handled fable about familial violence has a terrifying, fairy-tale atmosphere that's in perfect keeping with its unique point of view. Read full review

David Rooney

Tough, cogent and resonantly chilling, this slow-burning drama continues the vein of harsh realism seen in recent Gallic cinema including "La Vie de Jesus" and "More Than Yesterday." Read full review

Leslie Camhi

The storyline sometimes veers into melodrama; a subplot concerning Alex's involvement in the white-slave trade is particularly lurid. But the director retains a light touch in the character of Aurelie, whose combination of innocence and knowing is magical. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Although it leaves you with a knot in your stomach, its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness. Read full review

David Sterritt

In the end there's more nasty behavior than constructive insight. Read full review

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