L'immenso horror francese Inside - À l'intérieur is being distributed for the first time in Italy thanks to Midnight Factory. Written and directed in 2007 by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (the directors of Livid, Aux yeux des vivants and the recent Leatherface), Inside - À l'intérieur is now considered one of the best horror/splatter films of recent years, a milestone in French horror cinema.
The protagonist of this dramatic, cruel, and bloody story is Sarah (Alysson Paradis), a young photographer in her ninth month of pregnancy who cannot get over the death of her partner four months earlier in a car accident. On Christmas Eve she finds herself in the home of a stranger (Béatrice Dalle) who seems obsessed with her and, in particular, the baby she is carrying.
Inside - À l'intérieur abbraccia una storia che, nata da una tragedia, vira nell'horror e nello splatter passando per sottogeneri come l'home invasion. Il film è un'esplosione di brutalità psicologica e fisica ma anche di bruschi contrasti. Accompagnati da una musica triste e devastante (François-Eudes Chanfrault) infatti, i rari momenti di dolcezza (legati ai ricordi) si alternano alla glaciale realtà oscurata dal lutto, creando così altre crepe nel cuore della protagonista. In quest'alternanza di emozioni contrastanti, il disturbante e sanguinario À l'Intérieur It becomes pure poetry of pain and love.
In questo deprimente nido di afflizione si inserisce il tema dell'amore materno che, ampliato dal pericolo, prende il sopravvento sulle due donne coinvolte, diventando la causa scatenante della carneficina (sorprendente l'omaggio ad Anthropophagus di Joe D'Amato).
The suspense that abounds in the film culminates in an abrupt tracking shot. of unexpected violence that reaches high levels of cruelty. The splatter and gore scenes leave no room for imagination but show everything in minute detail and with extreme realism (the special effects are very effective in this regard). All this is then accentuated by a cinematography (by Laurent Barès) that enhances the beauty of the images, including those related to blood and quartering (thanks also to cold and surgical shots that enhance the brutality).
In 2016, Spanish director Miguel Ángel Vivas made a remake of Inside - À l'intérieur. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's film was also paid tribute by Kevin Greutert in Visions (USA - 2015).
In the cast of Inside - À l'intérieur: Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin, Claude Lulé, Dominique Frot, Nathalie Roussel, and François-Régis Marchasson.
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Inside - À l'intérieur will be distributed for the first time in Italy starting April 19, 2018 thanks to Midnight Factory, which is offering it in a limited edition on both DVD and Blu-ray, both accompanied by booklets (film review, filmmaker info, and film trivia).
The fine slipcase Blu-ray edition boasts an impeccable audio/video compartment and a rich extras section.
Blu-ray:
Duration: 83 min
Format: 1.85:1 1080p
Audio: Italian 5.1 DTS-HD MA; English 5.1 DTS-HD MA; French 2.0 DTS-HD MA
Subtitles: Italian
Extras: Trailer; Making Of; Short film "Pedro," Short film "Pizza à l'oeil."
