Vinyan
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| Directed by | Fabrice du Welz |
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| Music by | François Eudes |
| Cinematography | Benoît Debie |
| Editing by | Colin Monie |
| Studio | The Film |
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| Release date(s) | October 1, 2008 (France) April 7, 2009 (United States) |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Vinyan is a 2008 drama film with horror themes directed and co-written by Fabrice du Welz. The film was du Welz' second as a director. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2008.
Reviews towards the film were slightly positive, receiving an aggregated score of 56% from Rotten Tomatoes.
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[edit] Plot
Jeanne and Paul are a wealthy couple who were in Thailand helping to establish an orphanage when the 2004 tsunami leveled the island. Jeanne and Paul had a young son who disappeared in the storm, and since his body has never been found, Jeanne holds out hope that he might still be alive, a hope that becomes a desperate concern when she sees a video of children being held by kidnappers in Burma which shows a child who looks like her boy. Eager to find out the truth, Paul pays a hefty fee to local outlaw Mr. Gao to escort him and Jeanne into a forbidden zone known only to Thailand's criminal underclass near the Burmese border. Jeanne and Paul soon find themselves out of their depth in a strange land they do not understand where dangerous men commune with the spirits of the dead.
[edit] Cast
- Emmanuelle Béart as Jeanne Bellmer
- Rufus Sewell as "Paul Bellmer"
- Petch Osathanugrah as Thaksin Gao
- Julie Dreyfus as "Kim"
[edit] Release
The film first appeared in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it premiered on 5 September 2008.
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Vinyan at the Internet Movie Database
- Vinyan at AllRovi
