Vinyan
(GB/France/Belgium, 2008, 92 minutes)
A European couple who lost their son in the 2005 tsunami that devastated Thailand follow a long shot hint of the wife, who believes she has seen the child on footage shot by an NGO worker, into the deepest jungles of Burma. Daring, hallucinatory drama on the fringe of horror, that is remarkably staged and handled and refuses – sometimes to its detriment - to pander to audience expectations.
A Wild Bunch release. Michael Gentile and Film 4 present a The Film/Pilchard Productions/One Eyed/K2/RTBF/BeTV co-production, in association with Wild Bunch, Backup Films, Motion Investment Group, Coficup 1&2, ARTE, Cofinova 3; with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma; with the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons, Procirep, Angoa/Agicoa.
Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell.
Directed by Fabrice du Welz; produced by Michael Gentile; written by Fabrice du Welz, with additional material by David Creig, additional dialogue by Olly Blackburn, and the collaboration of Glenn Burney; music by François-Eudes Chanfrault; director of photography (Kantana Lab/Oriental Post, widescreen), Benoît Debie; production designer, Arin Pinijvararak; wardrobe supervisor, Géraldine Picron; film editor, Colin Monie; sound designer, Frédéric Meert.
A European couple who lost their son in the 2005 tsunami that devastated Thailand follow a long shot hint of the wife, who believes she has seen the child on footage shot by an NGO worker, into the deepest jungles of Burma. Daring, hallucinatory drama on the fringe of horror, that is remarkably staged and handled and refuses – sometimes to its detriment - to pander to audience expectations.
A Wild Bunch release. Michael Gentile and Film 4 present a The Film/Pilchard Productions/One Eyed/K2/RTBF/BeTV co-production, in association with Wild Bunch, Backup Films, Motion Investment Group, Coficup 1&2, ARTE, Cofinova 3; with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma; with the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons, Procirep, Angoa/Agicoa.
Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell.
Directed by Fabrice du Welz; produced by Michael Gentile; written by Fabrice du Welz, with additional material by David Creig, additional dialogue by Olly Blackburn, and the collaboration of Glenn Burney; music by François-Eudes Chanfrault; director of photography (Kantana Lab/Oriental Post, widescreen), Benoît Debie; production designer, Arin Pinijvararak; wardrobe supervisor, Géraldine Picron; film editor, Colin Monie; sound designer, Frédéric Meert.
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