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Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and coloured fantasie's becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her?
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, Teaser(s), Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: The film was chalked up by many as an homage to the gory European gialli of the 1960s and 1970s, but it's also influenced heavily by the narratively cryptic surrealism of directors such as David Lynch. Directors Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet undertake an episodic approach by dividing the material into three thematically linked segments. In the first, a young girl is at home as her grandfather dies and her grandmother begins performing a series of bizarre rituals designed to either bring him back to life or ease his passage to the next world; as this is happening, the girl becomes aware that her parents are making love elsewhere in the house. Years later, a teenage girl goes into town with her mother to run some errands, comes face to face with the power of her sexuality, and learns how she can use her allure to change the behaviour of men. In the final segment, an adult woman returns to the house where she grew up, which has fallen into disrepair ...Amer (2009) ( Amargo ) ( Sofrido )
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. K. Arts
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Amer follows three stages in a young womans life. The first third as a little girl haunted by the strange old woman living at her house (either a relative or housekeeper) and is reminiscent of argento classics inferno and suspiria in terms of the hallucinatory atmosphere. In the second act we see Amer as a nubile young teenage girl, attracting the attention of the local men in a sequence that plays a lot like european classics such as Valerie and her week of wonders, while the third act follows the now paranoid and sexually demented Amer alone in her decaying family home stalked by a would-be rapist and a black gloved starnger with a straight razor, in sequeces clearly influenced by classic giallo (the soundtacks to which amer uses throughout to great effect)
I caught this film at the Grim up north film festival and loved it, but its worth pointing out it managed to divide the audience nearly in two. Theres no real PLOT to amer, its more a hallucinatory surrealistic psychological character study of a young womans breakdown made by someone clearly a fan of euro-horror. The lack of any strong narrative perhaps alienated the audience somewhat and Amer is certainly one to approach with caution but as a euro horror fan I loved it and will certainly be buying it about the best comparisons I can think of for this film are footprints Footprints [DVD] [1974] Baba Yaga [1973] [DVD] Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Remastered edition) [1970] [DVD] and perhaps suspiria Suspiria [1976] 2 Disc Special Edition [DVD]
I caught this film at the Grim up north film festival and loved it, but its worth pointing out it managed to divide the audience nearly in two. Theres no real PLOT to amer, its more a hallucinatory surrealistic psychological character study of a young womans breakdown made by someone clearly a fan of euro-horror. The lack of any strong narrative perhaps alienated the audience somewhat and Amer is certainly one to approach with caution but as a euro horror fan I loved it and will certainly be buying it about the best comparisons I can think of for this film are footprints Footprints [DVD] [1974] Baba Yaga [1973] [DVD] Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Remastered edition) [1970] [DVD] and perhaps suspiria Suspiria [1976] 2 Disc Special Edition [DVD]
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By David Clarke
Format:DVD
Like others I watched this because I heard that it was inspired by giallo films. Indeed it does bear many of the hallmarks of gialli, including the soundtrack, visual elements and lighting - and these are not subliminal but up-front, so it was obviously the film-makers' intention for "Amer" to be in part a tribute to the genre - however as a film in itself it is quite clearly not a giallo, being located somewhere between surrealism and voyeurism.
There is very little plot in the film; it consists of three vignettes from a girl's (latterly a woman's) life, and she is menaced by her surroundings in all of them. The pace is lingering and the dialogue minimal, for the real attraction of "Amer" is in its stunning camerawork and the exquisitely detailed scenes that the camera examines with its leisurely eye.
There is very little plot in the film; it consists of three vignettes from a girl's (latterly a woman's) life, and she is menaced by her surroundings in all of them. The pace is lingering and the dialogue minimal, for the real attraction of "Amer" is in its stunning camerawork and the exquisitely detailed scenes that the camera examines with its leisurely eye.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Kieron
Format:Blu-ray
This is like looking in on one of Dario Argento's nightmares. Visually amazing and not in a way that recycles the work of any other film-maker. The blu ray is a stunner with great extras in the form of short films in the same vein as Amer. highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Visually striking but borderline pretentious and frustrating
Whilst Amer has been compared to the giallo genre, the surrealist imagery and sexual undercurrents struck me as far more Lynchian in their execution. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cartimand
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hipster horror?
This is without question an artful production, which in some ways is what makes it so infuriating. A slavish tribute to fashionable cult genre filmmaking, it is a definitive... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Prelati
1.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer Beware,..RENT BEFORE YOU BUY
Ok, im a fan of all horror, ..classic Universal, some even older Silents, Hammer, Slashers, Giallo, J-Horrors etc., i was so let down by this movie,.. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Johnathan Beasley
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Psychopathia Sexualis
Listing the many plus points of this will never convince viewers who are not fond of abstract forms, even if they are deftly woven into a girl's sensory narrative. Read more
Published on 21 April 2011 by Zaroff
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Black gloves, knives and staring eyes
Cinema's rich and varied history often provides inspiration for contemporary filmmakers. A few offer a new take on particular genres that add to and enhance what has gone before. Read more
Published on 1 April 2011 by Room For A View
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting the first 15 minutes, the rest, a real disappointment
I really don't understand to the directors of Amer. The first 15-20 are very interesting, disturbing, with mistery, music and colours like in a Bava or Argento's giallo, and an... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2011 by Fleischman
3.0 out of 5 stars
BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT... BUT IT IS NOT A GIALLO
I'm an avid collector of giallos and was looking forward to this movie with great anticipation. It seemed like those who reviewed it from film festival screenings were hailing it... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2011 by Explorator
5.0 out of 5 stars
A piece of art. Good blu-ray presentation.
AMER [2009]
Film: I can only agree with the first two reviewers. This piece of art is worth to be watched even more than once. Read more
Film: I can only agree with the first two reviewers. This piece of art is worth to be watched even more than once. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2011 by Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best films of recent years
I saw this movie at the London Fright Fest back in August. Whilst it's certainly a film that should be seen in the cinema fist if you can, it's appearance on Blu-ray is more than... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2010 by Linus
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