Edogawa Rampo ryoki-kan: Yaneura no sanpo sha
Résumés(1)
The film is set in 1923 in a cheap Tokyo boarding house. The landlord, Goda, roams through the attic, observing the weird lives of his tenants through holes in the ceiling. One day he sees a prostitute murder one of her clients and decides that at last he has found his soul mate... Based on stories by the Japanese master of horror, Edogawa Rampo. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Un drame érotique soft sur un voyeur qui, installé dans le grenier d’une maison à appartements, observe la vie des autres locataires et, après avoir flashé sur une femme aisée qui n'a plus toute sa tête, se lance dans une entreprise perverse. Il faut dire que The Watcher in the Attic se déroule sur un tempo très lent et offre beaucoup moins de fun qu’il pourrait le laisser suggérer. Ça n’en reste pas moins un film qui touche au thème des désirs secrets de la psyché humaine et qui jette un regard éloquent sur la société nipponne des années 20. [FOD 2020]
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The Watcher in the Attic is a film that for a while immerses you in the secrets of lust and activities that usually happen behind closed doors and you don't want anyone to know about. You become a voyeur yourself, but the connection between the viewer and the characters is not that strong, which is probably the main stumbling block here. Yet for a while, you can become voyeurs yourself in this psychologically interesting game.
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