Sunday, September 25, 2011

Carré Blanc

What a surprise.  Another slow-burning story of dystopian future.  And yet this one just works.  The style is excellent, as is the film's overall tone.  Croquet-based humor at its best.  This film might be up there with The City of Lost Children as one of my favorite films of the genre.

Carré Blanc
2011, 77 minutes, directed by Jean-Baptiste Léonetti

Alas, the director couldn't make it.  He was literally in the airport in Paris when his coat was stolen along with his passport.  I would have liked to see him talk about his film.  I think you have to be a pretty interesting guy to be able to put humor in a film like that - and pull it off so well.

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