** this post contains spoilers **
Director-writer Fabrice du Welz is better known for Calvaire, which I haven't seen, but I'm certain it's better than Vinyan.
This movie plays like a combination of Don't Look Now and Lord of the Flies, but isn't as interesting as that sounds. It's a slow burn that never goes much of anywhere, except to show how the loss of a child can be financially ruinous as well as grievous.
Vinyan contains horror elements, namely some hallucinatory shots of wretched orphans of the 2004 tsunami. It plays more like a drama, but there's little tension: it starts with misery and grief and goes down from there. It's a pretty-looking wallow in a quagmire. Emmanuelle Beart remains very easy on the eyes, and some will say the same of Rufus Sewell. The film is set and filmed in Southeast Asia, in gray and green tones, and the plot gives nods to Apocalypse Now (or at least Tropic Thunder).
Director-writer Fabrice du Welz is better known for Calvaire, which I haven't seen, but I'm certain it's better than Vinyan.
This movie plays like a combination of Don't Look Now and Lord of the Flies, but isn't as interesting as that sounds. It's a slow burn that never goes much of anywhere, except to show how the loss of a child can be financially ruinous as well as grievous.
Vinyan contains horror elements, namely some hallucinatory shots of wretched orphans of the 2004 tsunami. It plays more like a drama, but there's little tension: it starts with misery and grief and goes down from there. It's a pretty-looking wallow in a quagmire. Emmanuelle Beart remains very easy on the eyes, and some will say the same of Rufus Sewell. The film is set and filmed in Southeast Asia, in gray and green tones, and the plot gives nods to Apocalypse Now (or at least Tropic Thunder).