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Alison MurrayScénario:
Alison MurrayPhotographie:
Barry StoneActeurs·trices:
Elliot Page, Natasha Wightman, August Diehl, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Eric Thal, Jim Sturgess, Teresa Madruga, Beatrice Brown, Jefferson Guzman (plus)Résumés(1)
Jeune adolescente sans attache, Sherry cherche un endroit où elle pourrait enfin être elle-même. Elle pense avoir enfin trouvé une famille au sein d'une bande de jeunes, un groupe radical dénommé Le Spark. Elle les suit dans leur van dans un périple sans but, voyageant dans toute l'Europe, de technivals en petits boulots en recrutant parfois de nouveaux membres. Mais le leader du groupe, Harry, instaure rapidemment un règne violent de travail forcé et de punitions. Prise au piège dans ce qui ressemble désormais à une secte, Sherry va devoir lutter pour se protéger et protéger ceux qu'elle aime... (Cosmopolis Distribution)
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A film with a hippie vibe (though nothing really to do with the hippie period) and a distinctly European feel that unfortunately takes it to the very extreme in places in terms of its depressing quality and devaluation of the dignity of some of the characters. I don't want to claim that Mouth to Mouth sounds unrealistic, quite the contrary – if the intention of the filmmakers was to make anti-sectarian agitprop, they succeeded very well indeed, because I hope there are very few of us who would want to have anything to do with such a group. Personally, I don't mind depressing, gritty films that are relentless in their portrayal of their characters and don't give the viewer much room for relief (like Breaking the Waves or The Celebration) as long as they are conceived in a believable and non-superficial way. I can't even say exactly what went wrong here, but it just came across to me at certain points as shallow and calculated, which I hate in dramas and simply can't forgive. Otherwise, though, I can recommend it as a very demonstrative example of how people can be manipulated – how easy it actually is if you know how. 2.5 stars
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