Thursday 28 February 2008

Innocence (Lucile Hadzihalilovic. 2004)


This is a current favourite of mine. By turns Beguiling, sinister and implausibly beautiful, the world of this film hovers somewhere between a dark fairytale and an allegory of the pubescent rite of passage. It's a romantic paean to childhood and, of course, innocence. Yet, its Gothic overtones also suggest the cruelty of the passage into the adult world and, perhaps, say something about the modern female condition. It's a puzzle; I've seen it three or four times now and find new things each time.

1 comment:

Marion said...

Thanks for your comment on my blog! We like the same cineasts: Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant are one of my personal favourites!