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The well of
Despair
The general feeling of Jean Gentil
is calmness, although this calmness is far from being a feeling of serenity.
Jean Remy is a silent and lonely character, evidently full of internal
dialogues.
The usage of little to no music favors the solitude portrayed and the sense
of constraint that the main character holds within.
In addition, we find a wonderful contrast between the cityscapes and scenes
of city life from the beginning of the film and those of the rainforest
towards the end. This contrast is fully succesful thanks to the sensitive
usage of ambient noises such as the city bustle and building sites or the
tropical birds and insects of the forest.
It's a film of exceedingly beautiful photography but little plot to be
perceived.
Jean Remy Gentil's entire story fills one with frustration when no event or
action have any apparent repercussions within his story; and one looses hope
when seeing this man continuously falling deeper into despair and failing to
pull himself together.
It is a beautiful film that nevertheless leaves one with a sense of
emptiness and incompleteness.
10:09:2010 |
di Lily PARMINTER