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ACTOR
Babs ChulaTygh RunyanCarly PopeHeidi Iro
DIRECTOR
Ann Marie Fleming
SYNOPSICS
The French Guy (2005) is a German,English movie. Ann Marie Fleming has directed this movie. Babs Chula,Tygh Runyan,Carly Pope,Heidi Iro are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2005. The French Guy (2005) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
Elizabeth Murray just wants to help! Feeling lucky to be alive after surviving brain surgery, she brings home a stray young man to nurse him back to health.
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Truly excellent, unique and unpredictable, not a formula film at all.
"The French Guy" is unique. It is unpredictable, one never knows from one moment to the next what is going to happen. It is funny, gruesome, poignant, and engaging all the way through. The production values are very high. The performances, particularly those of the lead actors, Babz Chula and Tygh Runyan, are compelling. I saw this film at the Whistler Film Festival recently and I imagine it will be touring the festival circuit. I highly recommend that you highlight this one in your program if you come across it or catch it on DVD when it becomes available. It will work well in either medium although I enjoyed the richness of the theater experience. Ann Marie Fleming, the director/writer/producer meets Einstein's definition of a genius. She sees what everyone one else has seen and thinks what no one else has thought. Then she goes and makes this wonderful movie.
Bizarre
Personally I'm a fan of the Japanese horror genre and others that hold a bizarre nature so usually I'm desensitized to most things. HOWEVER, this movie for lack of a better word, corrupted me. I went from hysterical laughter to cringing confusion and alienation. I feel I wasn't quite prepared for it and it hit me hard. On one side of the fence it's brilliantly done in way of emotional output that it gives to the watcher; but on the other, is confusing and minorly pretentious due to the quickly changing plot and subconscious wonder on my part if I'm missing some kind of metaphor. Either way, it intrigued and effected me. So I suppose it's done it's job. sorry if the grammatical errors (I'm sure there's many)
like Harold and Maude gone way south.
Tense and witty, The French Guy will have you stuck to the edge of your seat for its duration. You'll laugh and suffer through Elizabeth's (Chula) worst nightmare come true. Fleming provides a hilarious, yet provocative meditation on violence from a female perspective within the context of middle/upper class North America. The French Guy is like Harold and Maude, gone way south. From Tygh Runyan's performance as an aspiring musician down on his luck and desperate for recognition, to Serge Bennathan's performance as the removed, aesthetically obsessed, culture snob, The French Guy is rich in satirical social commentary. Anne Marie explores the creative edge by bringing typically non-diegetic sound from a horror soundtrack onto the screen with live musicians. Carefully shot, watching The French Guy is like watching a painter. The plastic covered condo is the canvas, and blood is the paint. I highly recommend this film.
Wow!
I've seen this movie twice now. The film starts off peaceful, slow and awkward, but it's only a few minutes into the movie in which you start to realize: "What have I and the main character gotten into?". The film takes on from that epiphany and does not stop, it's a constant feeling of anticipation, fear, irony, all mixed in with black humor. A true masterpiece in my opinion, not only is the photography well done, hazy, bright; like you just woke up from a big operation; it also takes you into the recovering brain of this confused and well meaning character, with strange solutions to strange situations, her illogical logic made me really get into her head and... in a way understand what she "tried" to do. The film is very resourceful also, I just realized that most of the movie takes place inside the home of the character Charles, and you never get bored or tune out. I highly recommend it, try and get a hold of it or look for it in festival circuits, it truly is worth your while.
Real indie film-making
I saw this film at the Vancouver BC Film Festival, and thoroughly enjoyed it. A high point of the festival. It's sharp, dark and sarcastic -- and very funny. The director skillfully creates a unique world for her characters that never waivers. With the premise of a woman "just wanting to help" springs a over-the-top gruesome caper flick that makes sense in an extremely odd way. It's also uses everyday themes that we can all relate to -- the film starts with the lead being sent home after major surgery. Plus, the tone is nicely set at the beginning, with the opening shots being ecu's of suturing. For me, it was this year's "Primer." Hope it shows up in video stores.