
Months after her boyfriend Renaud’s death in a motorcycle
accident, Armelle still cannot get over him: she hears his voice and feels his
bodily warmth next to her. Armelle’s sisters advise her to consult a medium,
to see if there is some way of contacting Renaud in the beyond; that experience,
although unsettling, leads her to Hippolite, who bears an uncanny resemblance
to Renaud and is like him in many ways. But can a great passion ever be re-lived?
One of the most impressive and original voices in contemporary French cinema,
Jean-Paul Civeyrac has constructed his new film in only ten exquisitely choreographed
shots, moving effortlessly from the starkly material world to the spiritual and
then back again. Boldly sensual, Through the Forest is a deeply felt
ode to the power of desire. 65 min. France, 2005. * Director expected to attend.
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Trading the grim urban grit of Belgrade for blue skies: a fractured girl-meets-boy story for a time out of joint and a society fallen to pieces.
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