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Home, starring French cinema star Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher; I Heart Huckabees; 8 Women) and Olivier Gourmet (Mesrine: Public Enemy No 1; The Silence of Lorna) is about a family living on the side of an abandoned motorway. A road movie in reverse, Home charts what happens to them when their lives progress from normal and fun to strange and absurd. Shot by celebrated cinematographer Agnes Godard, directed by a distinctive new voice in independent cinema, Ursula Meier, and set to a sultry soundtrack, Home is the coolest, boldest and most stylish film of the summer.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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French/Swiss director Ursula Meier debut feature film has been described as a road movie in reverse. Home (2008) involves a family of five, mum and dad played by Isabelle Huppert and Oliver Gourmet and their three children who for ten years have incorporated an abandoned motorway as part of their front garden. They use it for late night roller hockey, a paddling pool and an armchair straddle's the lanes with the family satellite dish hooked up from the crash barrier in the centre reservation. Then suddenly the family's private existence is shattered when the motorway is finally opened. Eldest daughter Julien (Adelaide Leroux) escapes while the remaining family members descend into the type of madness similar to that portrayed in Polanski's Repulsion (1965). The movie is a metaphor for the horrors of the modern world and the sad decline of the family unit, displaying the way freedom can descend into a claustrophobic existence. Great acting from all involved in this original story with fantastic camerawork from famous French cinematographer Agnes Godard with her marvellous use of light and dark.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A frighteningly comic view of what happens when a family living next to an unfinished and abandoned motorway suddenly find the project taken up again.
The noise, the traffic the sheer hell of trying to cross to the other side and the reactions of the various members of the family make this a film which tells us the futility of modern day living.
The noise, the traffic the sheer hell of trying to cross to the other side and the reactions of the various members of the family make this a film which tells us the futility of modern day living.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The easy-going lives of a family living right next to an unused motorway are thrown into turmoil when it unexpectedly opens. Their efforts to cope with the sudden noise, intrusion, and pollution become increasingly desperate as, during the heat of summer, they descend into madness. There are definite Ballardian overtones in Meier's touching movie. It's a captivating examination of how modern existence can tip even the most equanimous over the edge given the right circumstances. The performances are uniformly excellent and the script avoids melodrama, keeping its feet firmly on the ground even when the family falls apart. Captivating, thoughtful and ultimately redemptive.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Whats French for 5 stars?
This offbeat French film is pure magic.
An ideal life in the French countryside...
..What could possibly go wrong?
Must see.
An ideal life in the French countryside...
..What could possibly go wrong?
Must see.
Published 1 month ago by Mr_MeAgain .
A modern-day Paradise Lost
Powerful and incredibly well acted, this film documents the gradual disintegration of a happy, loving, unworldly family as the modern world slowly takes over their lives. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Tonkfan
24hrs and a hot bath later, found what it takes to sit through Home
Home. The DVD caught my eye in Hmv sometime ago. Popped back to Hmv one week later to buy it, the only copy had sold. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Shaun
a great film
this is a very good film about a family and what they go through and when you get right into it you will be glad you did dont miss it
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Mr. T. D. Mcgready
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