Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
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- AnecdotesIn the short film, the male lead character is in his twenties. For the feature film, Jamie Dack increased the age gap between Lea and Tom to emphasize the power imbalance between the two.
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[Lea is being called out by her friends for dating an older man]
Jared: You don't have to answer that, Lea. We all know what you've been up to.
[Lea sits in silent disbelief]
Jared: Oh, come on. Don't gimme that confused look. We all know that you've been hanging out with the geriatric.
Amber: Jared, you asshole.
[to Lea]
Amber: Lea, I didn't mean to say anything. And they said that they would never repeat it. I promise, I'm sorry.
Darren: Lea, the man is a pervert.
Lea: No, he's not.
Jared: He's a pedophile.
[Lea is clearly upset]
Patrick: I don't blame him. I mean, we all know younger girls feel different.
Amber: Ew, Patrick.
[guys laugh]
Jared: You don't know what you're talking about.
Patrick: Yes, I do. I literally fucked that older lady.
[Lea gets increasingly annoyed at the graphic details]
Patrick: She was like in her forties, but she actually was kind of hot, to be honest.
Amber: Disgusting, Patrick.
Darren: No, you didn't.
Patrick: Yes I did.
Darren: No, you didn't.
Patrick: On that trip with my family to Mexico I told you about. I swear to God, bro. I'm not kidding, older women, they feel different. It's like, not as good. I think it like, it like... stretches out over time or something.
Jared: I'm too high for this.
Patrick: I'm just saying like, this guy's lucky.
- ConnexionsRemake of Palm Trees and Power Lines (2018)
- Bandes originalesKentucky Death
Written by Michael Ireland
Performed by Spirit Houses
Courtesy of Michael Ireland
Going in blind it first appears to be a coming of age film that takes a bit of a sideways step, as an older (mid to late 30's) guy enters the life of a disconnected young girl, and seems a bit off but he charms his way into her life, while her home life is almost non-existent due to a single mother upbringing and her own mother's penchant for making life mistakes, and in this case repeating them. Tjese mistakes cause more distance between her and the daughter's dynamic. It also sent her firstly into hanging with friends til all hours, and ultimately charmed into what seems like an unhealthy, compulsive relationship with this new, older man.
Again, the narrative seems to take it further down the rabbit hole with the feel of a road movie starting to enter the overall feel of the storyarc---like a "forbidden relationship" that may take them on a journey. Until it doesn't.
It takes the turn that structured families fear may happen, and unstructured---feels almost inevitable.
Lily McInerney as Lea captures pure unadulterated innocence and vulnerability that this new "man" takes advantage of. Her damaged upbringing becomes her downfall, but instead of drugs and homelessness---we get something a bit more harrowing when you couple Lea's vulnerable state with her naivity.
Script is lean and mean, score is perfect in the right spots, adding tension when there is, and Gretchen Mol's role as the detached mother takes a back seat to quite a riveting performance by McInerney who is not only convincingly smart and real, it should also hit home to any parent that has a young daughter and the trepidation that some parents may feel when their daughter leaves the house making the same poor decisions that the mother has instilled. It's a dangerous cycle and the outcome of the final act shows just that. A pure gutpunch.
Pure and real independent film making at it finest.
8.5/10.
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- 22 mars 2023
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- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 424 $ US
- Durée1 heure 50 minutes
- Couleur