Birth

Un film magnifique et magnifiquement compliqué sur deux personnes dont les vies émotionnelles s'entrelacent de la manière la plus curieuse possible. Le réalisateur Jonathan Glazer excelle à nouveau d'un point de vue psychologique et fait appel de manière significative à l'aspect visuel et musical. Cette fois-ci, cependant, le résultat est à l'opposé complet de son premier film tranchant et frénétique, "Sexy Beast" - il est lent, contemplatif, hypnotique et fragile. Les performances d'acteurs magistrales de Nicole Kidman et Cameron Bright, la musique enchanteresse et jamais entendue ailleurs d'Alexandre Desplat, et une histoire digne du Prix Pulitzer. Le dénouement est peut-être un peu chaotique et décevant par rapport à l'intrigue précédente, mais dans les dernières minutes, il se développe en une magnifique collision de pensées. Cependant, pour le ressentir pleinement, vous devez être familier avec le style unique de Glazer en matière d'expression. (11/06/2005)

I waited a very long time for a screening of Birth and it was worth it. Some topics really require you to be more mature. The inner world of a woman who was widowed in an instant was another strong challenge for Nicole Kidman's acting. Some emotions and feelings cannot be suppressed, love cannot be made to disappear, and sometimes even a lifetime is not enough for the soul to recover... The fragile condition that needs to be cared for is thus a daily reality and day by day it becomes more and more difficult to cope with the reality. A strong theme. (04/07/2016)

A slow and hypnotic film whose fragile emotional plane is the most interestingly story in a long time. Too bad about the uneven second half, which falls short to the slow-moving first half, though it doesn't change the overall quality and the feeling that after a long time you are watching something completely new and original, even though there have been countless personal stories about fateful love and omens with more or less mysterious touch or interesting twist. Jonathan Glazer surprises in the uniqueness of some scenes (a 2-minute shot on Nicole Kidman's face, for example), where you can feel the inner turmoil and dispair of the main characters even without words. The final shot gives the feeling that you missed something and can be interpreted in multiple ways. One of the few films where the closing credits come at a moment when you absolutely don't count on them. (25/04/2016)