Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.A young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.A young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
- Prix
- 4 nominations au total
- Dan Mercer
- (as Benjamin Rosenfield)
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While yes, this is an indie picture, the timing and plot are unerringly slow and nonsensical.
The supporting cast, are awful. Not helped by your immediate disdain for their characters, while Farminga's college friends play a highly stereotypical 'white girl wasted' college students, they do not grate as much as Rosenfields, 'hipster', work colleagues. In what world, would any self-respecting, reasonable audience member watching this film believe that firstly, they resemble anything similar to a real person, let alone this aloof, "bring us another beer" cool, music, hipster adults.
While, the main protagonists are certainly in appearance alone OK for this film, they're acting is not. Farminga spends the whole film either crying, or touching her hair. I would love to know how many times she literally ran her hands through her hair in this film, but that would mean I would have to watch the film once more.
Overall, I would definitely give this film a miss, the fact that Netflix spent £1m, buying the rights to this film, show's only that they are too successful.
The film is about this couple having been in relationship for six years, not about the entire six years. The plot is simple and easy to understand, yet what I don't understand is how they managed the previous six years. It appears that one of them is not mature enough to deal with a relationship, and gets abusive and violent when something doesn't go as planned. I would have walked straight out the relationship of that happened to me! Overall, I think "6 Years" is quite an honest and believable portrayal of a relationship. It doesn't sugar coat the relationship.
We all know someone or have experienced that first love, it feels ideal and true, almost too much so, and 6 Years examines that relationship when the persons in the relationship begin to evolve.
6 Years could not be more indie in content if it tried. Okay, that's a bold faced lie, but it is very 'indie'. It has a mundane but appreciable quality in its grasp on real and un-exaggerated relationship dynamics. The events that transpire are unremarkable but contain weight and merit in their impact on the couple, Dan and Mel. Mundane is not necessarily bad, however those wishing to use cinema as a form of escapism should look elsewhere.
Both Hannah Fidell's writing and the performances of Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield make 6 Years incredibly engaging and honest. The characters are flawed, neither innocent as their relationship becomes increasingly volatile, and at times they can be purely irredeemable. Their emotions are pure and some more elder actors might learn a thing or two from these gifted talents.
Less experienced independent film watchers tend to have a problem with complex characters who exist rather than trying to win over the audience. Further, when it comes down to the plot and drama in the film, it is quite youthful in its simplicity. Twenty-somethings should be able to see themselves in the film and appreciate its sincere approach to love and relationships.
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- AnecdotesTaissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield were cast over a Skype call.
- Citations
Dan Mercer: I don't wanna break up.
Melanie Clark: Tell me you love me, and tell me you want to spend the rest of your life with me. Look me in the eye, and tell me.
Dan Mercer: I'm sorry.
- Bandes originalesGlazin'
written by Jose Gabriel Alcala, Daniel Gonzalez, Diego Alejandro Monasterios performed by Jacuzzi Boys courtesy of Hardly Art
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- How long is 6 Years?Propulsé par Alexa
Détails
- Durée1 heure 19 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1