“GONE” BY JOAN BENTOSELA (France)
A bickering family on a road trip stops at a gas station. Murielle, the mother, insists on having the car washed. Something extraordinary happens. Is it a fantasy, or is it too real to be fantasized?
“Indeed, it is this subtlety which means that a sub-genre which usually misappropriates mental health issues to melodramatic effect can allude to the subject in a genuinely affecting manner. Cinematographer François-Xavier Antonini must also take credit for this. His understated handheld shots work seamlessly with a minimalistic score to deliver an eerie realism underpinning the short’s opening act, to chilling effect. ” –Jack Brindelli https://indyfilmlibrary.com/2019/05/09/disparue-gone-2019-4-stars/
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