A subterranean rumbling resonates in the heart of a forest. Hidden by foliage a metal grate reveals underground passageways which lead to the cellars of five houses scattered throughout a great park. The park is cut off from the outside world by a huge wall with no door. In one of these houses a group of girls aged between seven and twelve gathers around a coffin. The coffin lid opens revealing a six-year-old girl. Her name is Iris. Bianca the eldest of the group introduces I
Three classics form Jacques Rivette. Secret Defense is a gripping and fascinating dark Hitchcock style thriller about a scientist who is murdered by a family friend. In Vasavoir the theatre world is the setting. The characters all quick-witted well-read and cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre romance and theft. Histoire de Marie et Julien is a fascinating film and rather more interesting for its unusual stylistic approach to genre filmmaking dealing with death re-birth time and memory and is regarded as one of Rivette's long-lost phantom films.
Mutants
The truth lies beneath the surface. The Sea is a dark comedy in the vein of The Celebration; taking what we know of the family drama and spins it into a whirl of erotic redefinition. Set against Iceland's majestic coast an ageing father summons his children home from various parts of the world to unload a secret that will cause long hidden resentments and desires to rise to the surface. This leads to a startling finale that will forever affect the whole family.
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