Mortem (film)

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Mortem
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Directed byEric Atlan
Written byEric Atlan
Marie-Claude Dazun
StarringDaria Panchenko
Diana Rudychenko
Stany Coppet
Hortense Gelinet
Sophie Gelinet
Jean-Luc Masson
Production
companies
Rainbow Melodies
Artistic Finances
Capson
Swap
Sylicone
Transpalux
Distributed byNew Distributors Association (France)
R-Squared Films (United States and Canada)
Digital Media Rights (United States)
BigStar.tv (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Mortem is a French experimental film directed by Eric Atlan and first screened at the Oaxaca International Film Festival in 2010 before receiving a limited theatrical release in 2012. Reminiscent of Persona and Mulholland Drive , the film follows a young woman who defies her own death.

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Reception

Mortem generally received mixed to negative reviews from critics. The Village Voice stated that "The initial scenes, thick with creep-show ambiance, promise more fulfilling madness than what actually transpires once the out-of-nowhere second guest reveals who she is." [1] The New York Times compared the film's aesthetic to that of Jean Cocteau, but gave a similarly lukewarm review as The Village Voice, stating that "Most often Mortem just lacks bite, and the dedicated leads seem at times a little slight for the staging of a struggle at eternity's edge." [2] Time Out New York awarded the film one star out of five and described it as "excruciatingly bad". [3] Slant Magazine gave the film a largely negative review, opining that the film "too readily abandons its noir framework for the sweeping meta-narrative about desire's link to thanatos, and in so doing, leaves too little room for guesswork." [4] Film Journal International stated that "This initially bewitching throwback to the French New Wave and Cocteau turns into a turgid and frequently laughable pseudo-philosophical locked-room argument between a woman and her soul." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Scherstuhl, Alan (April 24, 2013). "(Hot) Soul Mounts (Hot) Body in Mortem". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ↑ Rapold, Nicolas (April 25, 2013). "'Mortem,' a Stylistic Visit to Cocteau's Oeuvre – The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rothkopf, Joshua (April 23, 2013). "Mortem: movie review (2012)". Time Out . Archived from the original on 2017-12-02. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ Bittencourt, Ela (February 23, 2012). "Film Comment Selects 2012: Mortem". Slant Magazine . Archived from the original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Film Review: Mortem". Film Journal International . April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-11-27. Retrieved April 19, 2024.


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