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liked it
Catriona MacColl, Christophe Lemaire, Dorina Lazar, Eric Prat, Jerome Soufflet, Lou Doillon, Marie Henry, Virginie Darmon, Virginie Ledoyen
In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families with the administrator Francard. Anna, who is secre...( read more
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Id: 9658255
A strange Horror with a weak storyline. Virginte Ledoyen (The Beach) seems a natural Actress and the film to me seemed a bit of a down graded movie for her to take on. Nothing much happens in the first 50 mins of the film and everything after (or at least, what I could concentr...( read more)
I liked this movie a helluva lot more than most reviewers.
The only thing to this film's detriment is that its plots elements do NOT resolve themselves, which can easily leave a viewer feeling cheated. It's one thing to be subtle and give answers without being obvious, it is an...( read more)
This tried so hard to be a French version of "The Others" that I almost expected Eric Sykes to join the Hattie Jacques-lookalike Russian school matron. It's beautiful shot but it should have been dubbed or subtitled. Allowing the original actors to use their own 'Allo, 'Allo styl...( read more)
A very moody, atmospheric and quite spooky movie. This one is a classic. The acting treads right on the edge of excess without a misstep that could have made it hoaky. At first, the ending seems confusing and ambiguous. But if you think about it and payed close attention during ...( read more)
The director treats the film as a book up until the uninteresting hard-to-understand ending. All throughout the action and "creepiness" remains at an almost boring low. I'm just glad he moved on to extreme cinema with Martyrs.
didn't do much for me. a few creepy moments but i failed to find the purpose in the premise.
Not only did this movie lack everything to make it even remotely interesting, it also casted (like most horrors may i add!) an annoying actress that is as engaging to watch as a stone! The film is slow, leaves you confused at the end as it does not answer any of the questions its...( read more)
Wow this movie has either lost of the meaning of a 'movie' or they didnt try to make this a decent enough movie, either way i was losing the will to live with this boring, slow and so uneventful horror ive ever seen this movie lacked everything there were no good storyline , ther...( read more)
