Director: Roberto Garzelli Writer: Roberto Garzelli Starring: Annabelle Hettmann, Thibault Vinçon, Pascal Nzonzi, Pierre Moure Love makes people -- especially characters in films -- do some really crazy things. In the case of Héléna (Annabelle Hettmann) and Benoît (Thibault Vinçon), they decide that attraction to each other's external features is not quite enough; they want to delve deeper into each other, and not metaphorically either. They literally want to peruse each other's innards, bones, muscles, organs, every nook and cranny. Their mutual interest in the human anatomy stems from different perspectives, Héléna is pursuing a degree in anatomical drawing, while Benoît is a medical doctor and professor. Héléna and Benoît meet while Héléna is getting x-rays in an attempt to diagnose a lower back pain. In addition to the x-ray of her back, Héléna discovers that Benoît has inexplicably taken an x-ray of her thorax as well. From there, the...
- 7/25/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
On July 26, Strand Releasing will issue the French psycho-sexual thriller The Sentiment of the Flesh on DVD for the list price of $24.99.
Annabelle Hettmann and Thibault Vincon get to know each other's bodies in The Sentiment of the Flesh.
The film revolves around Helena (Annabelle Hettmann), an anatomical drawing student whose talent for sketching the human body is matched only by her growing sexual adventurousness, and Benoit (Thibault Vincon), a young radiologist who takes an X-ray of Helena and really likes what he sees. It doesn’t take too long before Helena and Benoit’s mutual attraction leads to a dark obsession with their all-too-mortal bodies.
The latest film to explore the unsettling relationship between people and their flesh—check out Videodrome, Crash, Dead Ringers and other movies by David Cronenberg to see the obvious inspirations for this film—The Sentiment of the Flesh was written and directed by Roberto Garzelli.
Annabelle Hettmann and Thibault Vincon get to know each other's bodies in The Sentiment of the Flesh.
The film revolves around Helena (Annabelle Hettmann), an anatomical drawing student whose talent for sketching the human body is matched only by her growing sexual adventurousness, and Benoit (Thibault Vincon), a young radiologist who takes an X-ray of Helena and really likes what he sees. It doesn’t take too long before Helena and Benoit’s mutual attraction leads to a dark obsession with their all-too-mortal bodies.
The latest film to explore the unsettling relationship between people and their flesh—check out Videodrome, Crash, Dead Ringers and other movies by David Cronenberg to see the obvious inspirations for this film—The Sentiment of the Flesh was written and directed by Roberto Garzelli.
- 7/1/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
• Bill Stamets and Roger Ebert
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
- 10/16/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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