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A Brutal Game

Sep. 28, 1983

01:30:00

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Genres: Crime, Drama

Tags: Coming-of-Age,

Keywords: Female Nudity, Father Daughter Relationship, Loneliness, more

Overview:

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life.

Description

In this darkly fascinating tale, Professor Tessier (Bruno Cremer), a famous scientist, has an unruly adolescent daughter, Isabelle, who is paralysed from the waist down. From the outset we learn that Tessier is a killer, systematically murdering children who vandalised his lab. Tyrannical and extremely controlling of his daughter, Tessier is also an introverted figure that at times evokes pity. As he descends into a moral abyss his daughter Isabelle increasingly opens up to the world.

Avoiding serial-killer movie clichés, Brisseau has crafted a mesmerising character study, anchored by stunning performances from Emmanuelle Debever and Bruno Cremer. Brutal, passionate, obsessive and pertinent, A BRUTAL GAME (UN JEU BRUTAL) remains to this day one of the most powerful and shocking French films.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau