- Actors: Vincent Gallo, Beatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret-Caille
- Directors: Claire Denis
- Format: Anamorphic, Widescreen, PAL, Dolby, Digital Sound
- Language English, French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Prism Leisure
- DVD Release Date: 10 Oct 2005
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000B9PWBW
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,503 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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French made Horror/Thriller directed by Claire Denis (Beau Travail; White Material) starring Vincent Gallo (Buffalo 66; The Brown Bunny) & Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue; La fille de l'air).
The story:
Shane (Gallo) and June Brown (Tricia Vessey) are an American couple honeymooning in Paris. On one of Shane's frequent visits to a mysterious medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken, he meets the doctor''s wife (Dalle) who suffers from the same condition as him. This chance encounter triggers an event so cataclysmic and shocking it might just bring him the peace and tranquility he desires.....but at what cost !.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have watched this film twice now, and am still unable to decide whether I love it or hate it. Do I give it one star or five? It is gory, the acting is questionable, it has obvious budget limitations, and I can't help thinking what is the point. Having said all that, there is something about this film which I am hooked on but cannot quite put my finger on what exactly. I enjoyed the limited dialogue and the frustrations suffered by all the characters was gripping.
Would I recommend it? Yes, I think so, as it is one of those films you will never forget you've seen! Contrary to the other reviewer, I would have appreciated subtitles for the French, but coped none the less.
Not for the faint hearted.
Would I recommend it? Yes, I think so, as it is one of those films you will never forget you've seen! Contrary to the other reviewer, I would have appreciated subtitles for the French, but coped none the less.
Not for the faint hearted.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I picked this up on the recommendation of a friend who had been to see Vincent Gallo in concert. I usually don't like him - his voice is bordering on the pathetic (in the sense that if he doesn't stop whining, I'd feel like taking him to the vets to be put to sleep!)and his acting consists of starring just past the camera with a difficult-to-fathom and slightly vacant gaze. However, I was blown away! Clare Denis' beautiful evocation of Paris reawoke memories of the city long dormant in my mind, and Gallo takes a back seat to the poetry of the camera and the interspersal of brutal imagery. There is a lot left to the imagination for the majority of the film, with sparse, minimal dialogue, mainly composed of banalities ("I'm happy. Are you happy?" "Yes, I'm happy.") and platitudes. No subtitles for the French dialogue (Hurray! Someone who is not patronizng the audience!) and no lengthy and dull explanations of what in the Lord's name is going on! In fact, I would hae prefered to have taken a stab at figuring out what was what without the slightly proscriptive (and sadly, these days, ubiquitous) sleeve notes.
It's gruesome, it's strangely erotic, and it's not got a very happy ending! God bless the French!
It's gruesome, it's strangely erotic, and it's not got a very happy ending! God bless the French!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I COULD EAT YOU UP!
8 Dec 2005
Love bites, literally. This utterly disturbing and obscure yet beautiful and tender film tells about people with a deviation - they can't love the way normal people do, they have this obsessive urge to devour their loved ones alive! Just like a female mantis or certain kind of female spiders devour their spouse right after copulating. For them love and sex are impossible without pain, blood and death.
Here we see a mentally-disturbed woman (played by Beatrice Dalle) who preys on men seduced be her sexuality, and a character of Vincent Gallo, who feels the need to bite, to gnaw and to suck blood of a girl he loves but he refrains himself (untill a certain moment) trying to be a reasonable man.
This stylish, wonderfully-paced and delicate movie shows the thin line between true love and sadism, between the desire to caress and to torment. It can have a huge effect on you because this lingering, viscous and sad film at times explodes with truly infernal and disturbing scenes which won't leave you indifferent. Speaking of disturbing images I can tell you "Trouble Every Day" has some of the most thrilling ones among all I've seen. Even if not for the gore itself you would be shuddered watching agony of a man being eaten during a coitus.
This is definately not an exploitation flick, watch it if you like dark and serious movies like "Irreversible".
Here we see a mentally-disturbed woman (played by Beatrice Dalle) who preys on men seduced be her sexuality, and a character of Vincent Gallo, who feels the need to bite, to gnaw and to suck blood of a girl he loves but he refrains himself (untill a certain moment) trying to be a reasonable man.
This stylish, wonderfully-paced and delicate movie shows the thin line between true love and sadism, between the desire to caress and to torment. It can have a huge effect on you because this lingering, viscous and sad film at times explodes with truly infernal and disturbing scenes which won't leave you indifferent. Speaking of disturbing images I can tell you "Trouble Every Day" has some of the most thrilling ones among all I've seen. Even if not for the gore itself you would be shuddered watching agony of a man being eaten during a coitus.
This is definately not an exploitation flick, watch it if you like dark and serious movies like "Irreversible".
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
a tepid affair that, like a watched pot, never boils
4 Jun 2006
This vampire flick attempts to be an overly cerebral affair but, instead, comes off as a pretentious exercise in abusing the audience. Stark and minimalist, it stars a brooding Vincent Gallo as Shane Brown who ignores his all-too-cute new bride (Tricia Vessey) on their honeymoon to Paris. While Mr. Brown has a lovely wife, he has no interest in her on their trip and, instead, searches aimlessly for a former colleague and his wife. I think that Mrs. Brown rushed into her relationship, as she knows nothing of her husband's bloodlust nor his history and murderous intentions.
Directed by Claire Denis whose BEAU TRAVAIL is supposed to be god's gift to film lovers, TROUBLE EVERY DAY is inherently flawed in its casting of Gallo as Brown. I believe in vampires much more than I'd believe that the humdrum Gallo could bag a beauty like Vessey or even Beatrice Dalle (who, while over-the-hill, still looks pretty darned good, esp. when she's got blood dripping from her smiling mouth).
Throw in a snooping maid and some meddlesome kids and put on a very low heat TROUBLE EVERY DAY is a tepid affair that, like a watched pot, never boils. Tedious and mind-numbingly artsy-fartsy, this is one to miss.
Directed by Claire Denis whose BEAU TRAVAIL is supposed to be god's gift to film lovers, TROUBLE EVERY DAY is inherently flawed in its casting of Gallo as Brown. I believe in vampires much more than I'd believe that the humdrum Gallo could bag a beauty like Vessey or even Beatrice Dalle (who, while over-the-hill, still looks pretty darned good, esp. when she's got blood dripping from her smiling mouth).
Throw in a snooping maid and some meddlesome kids and put on a very low heat TROUBLE EVERY DAY is a tepid affair that, like a watched pot, never boils. Tedious and mind-numbingly artsy-fartsy, this is one to miss.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Beware of sex presenting...
28 Aug 2006
A voodoo-practitioner - Afro-French male doctor's sex-toy creature allowed leaving her locked room by a hypnotised curious intruder being afterwards consumed during copulating, is overpowered by a strong American happened to drop in into a doctor's house at the timing. He had since then fallen into her footsteps of a thirst for blood and flash during orgasm.
Perverted love of "Dracula" mixed with an unstoppable quest for sadist sex of "Frisk", framed with Parisian charm makes this terrific film realistic to a degree of a potential usage by anti-AIDS and pro-obscenity campaigners.
Highly recommended.
Perverted love of "Dracula" mixed with an unstoppable quest for sadist sex of "Frisk", framed with Parisian charm makes this terrific film realistic to a degree of a potential usage by anti-AIDS and pro-obscenity campaigners.
Highly recommended.
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