Adoration

[Machine Translation] [After "pervert" and "hell," "dependence" is next. Gloria is back again. The final chapter of the Belgian Darkness Trilogy directed by Fabrice de Wertz. With his shocking work "The Perverted Village" ('04), which allegorically depicts the abnormal love and madness of human beings with the roar of a pig, and the problematic work "Hellish Love" ('14), which depicts the true story of a real-life perverted serial killer couple, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, he caused a stir at film festivals around the world and has left his name in the history of European cinema. The film is always grotesque and bloody. Werz has always depicted grotesque, bloody, yet pure forms of love, and "The Dependent Demon" is the final chapter of his "Belgian Darkness Trilogy" following "The Metamorphosis Village" and "Hellish Love". In a departure from his previous films, in which we are forced to turn our eyes away, this film depicts the absolute love of a lonely teenage boy and girl, set in a beautiful natural landscape. It is a story that is told with a freshness that is unexpected and unexpected. The boy Paul is played by Thomas Gioia, who was a child prodigy in "Julian" ('17) as a son torn between his divorced father and mother. The role of Gloria, a young girl, is played by Fantine Hardouin, who showed a shining presence in Michael Haneke's "Happy End" ('17), in which she starred alongside Isabelle Huppert and other top actors of the highest caliber. The poetic and beautifully shot images of a young boy and girl running away from the adults around them are reminiscent of Terrence Malick's "Escape from Hell" ('73). The "Belgian Darkness Trilogy," which finally concludes with "The Dependent Demon," is a trilogy of films set in the Ardennes region of Belgium, in which the character "Gloria" always appears for some reason, and in which Laurent Lucas appears somewhere to depict an insane love story. The influence of American cinema is as strong as ever in this film, with Tobe Hooper's The Devil's Sacrifice ('74) and Leonard Castle's The Honeymoon Killers ('70) in Hellish Love. Director Fabrice de Wertz has completed his latest film, "Inexorable" ( 21 ), which follows "The Dependent Demon" and features a character named Gloria, whose full name, it turns out, is Gloria Barthel. Barthel is the name of the owner of the inn where the protagonist is beaten up in "Perverted Village. Is the "Belgian Darkness Trilogy" really a trilogy? --A forest deep in the heart of Belgium. Paul, a lonely boy living in a psychiatric hospital where his mother works, falls in love with a girl named Gloria as soon as she arrives at the facility. As soon as Gloria, who has mental problems, asks Paul for help, their crazy, dark escape begins...

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＜変態＞＜地獄＞の次は、＜依存＞。また、グロリアが帰ってきた。ファブリス・ドゥ・ヴェルツ監督＜ベルギーの闇3部作＞最終章。豚の咆哮とともに人間の異常な愛と狂気を寓話的に描いた衝撃作『変態村』(04)、実在した変態連続殺人鬼カップル、マーサ・ベックとレイモンド・フェルナンデスの実話を描いた問題作『地獄愛』(14)で世界各地の映画祭を騒然とさせ、ヨーロッパ映画史にその名を刻まれることとなったファブリス・ドゥ・ヴェルツ監督。常にグロテスクで血まみれながらも、純粋な愛の形を描いてきたヴェルツ監督の『変態村』『地獄愛』につづく＜ベルギーの闇3部作＞の最終章となるのが『依存魔』。これまでの目を背けざるを得ない作風から一転、美しい自然の風景とともに描かれる孤独な10代の少年少女の絶対的な愛。どうしたことか、まさかの瑞々しく語られる物語だ。少年ポール役は『ジュリアン』(17)で離婚した父と母の間で揺れ動く息子役を演じ天才子役誕生と注目されたトーマス・ジオリア。少女グロリア役を演じるのは、ミヒャエル・ハネケ監督の『ハッピーエンド』(17)でイザベル・ユペール他屈指の実力派俳優陣と共演し、ひときわ存在感が輝いていたファンティーヌ・アルドゥアン。今欧州で勢いのある若手俳優を迎え、周囲の大人たちから逃げる少年少女の逃避行を詩的に美しく切り取った映像は、テレンス・マリック監督作『地獄の逃避行』(73)を彷彿とさせる。『依存魔』で遂に完結となる＜ベルギーの闇3部作＞とは、ベルギーのアルデンヌ地方を舞台になぜか必ず"グロリア"というキャラクターが登場、どこかにローラン・リュカが出演して狂気の愛を描くトリロジーだが、『変態村』ではトビー・フーパー監督の『悪魔のいけにえ』(74)、『地獄愛』はレナード・カッスル監督の『ハネムーン・キラーズ』(70)など、今作でも相変わらずアメリカ映画からの強い影響が伺える。なお、ファブリス・ドゥ・ヴェルツ監督は『依存魔』に続く最新作『Inexorable』(21)を完成させており、現在日本未輸入のこの新作には、グロリアというキャラクターが登場、そのフルネームがグロリア・バルテルであることが判明している。バルテルは『変態村』で主人公をいたぶる宿のオーナーの名前。果たして＜ベルギーの闇3部作＞は本当にトリロジーなのだろうか・・・。 ――奥深い森。母親が働く精神科病院で暮らす孤独な少年ポールは、少女グロリアが施設に到着するやいなや恋をする。精神的な問題を抱えるグロリアがポールに助けを求めたとたん、彼らの狂気に満ちた闇の逃避行がはじまってしまう・・・。

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