Love Unto Death

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Fantastična drama o ženi zaljubljenog u muškarca koji nakon smrti iznenada oživi. Tijekom arheološkog istraživanja lijepa se farmaceutkinja Elizabeth (Sabine Azéma) ludo zaljubi u arheologa Simona (Pierre Arditi) i njih dvoje započnu strastvenu vezu. Međutim, Simon iznenada umre i Elizabeth ostane neutješna. I premda je liječnik proglasio njegovu smrt, Simon na Elizabethino zaprepaštenje oživi. Iako ne mogu objasniti što se zapravo dogodilo, Elizabeth i Simon nastave svoju vezu, ali je Simonovo ponašanje svakim danom sve čudnije. Stoga se Elizabeth obrati svojim prijateljima pastorima, bračnom paru Judith (Fanny Ardant) i Jérôme Martignac (André Dussollier)"

Francuski je redatelj Alain Resnais (Hiroshima mon amour, Smoking/No Smoking) tijekom cijele karijere oduševljavao filmofile svojim stilskim i tematskim eksperimentiranjem istodobno pazeći da režijske inovacije ni na koji način ne zagušuju narativnu strukturu njegovih filmova i komunikativnost sa širom publikom. Iz tih je kanona Resnais iskoračio tek nekoliko puta pri čemu mu je najzanimljiviji eksperiment fantastična romantična drama Lamour a mort iz 1984. u kojoj je spojio klasičnu melodramsku temu vječne ljubavi i niz originalnih stilskih figura koje su, kao nikad dotad u redateljevim filmovima, preuzele pripovjedačku ulogu.

Acclaimed French director Alain Resnais, winner of many international film awards for his ground-breaking creativity (Hiroshima, Mon Amour, LAnnée Derničre ŕ Marienbad), follows up his successful La Vie Est Un Roman with this continuing saga of love and death. This time, two principal actors from La Vie.. (Pierre Arditi and Sabina Azéma) star as Simon and Elizabeth, a new couple very much in love, and two more (Fanny Ardant and André Dussolier) star as their friends Judith and Jerome Martignac. After Simon has arrived at an archaeological dig he is directing in the south of France, he meets the winsome Elizabeth, and the two fall deeply in love, living joyously together for a full two months. Then Simon has a seizure of sorts and appears to have died, but he miraculously revives with memories of his experience that make his feelings for Elizabeth pale by comparison. As he searches for a way to express and regain that experience, he has another seizure, and this time he does not come