Philippe Grandrieux : 2009
A Lake
The film takes place in a land of which we know nothing, one of darkness, snow and dense forests, somewhere in the North. A family lives in an isolated house near a lake. Alexi, the brother, is a woodcutter who supports the family by logging. An ecstatic, prey to frequent and violent epileptic seizures, he is entirely at one with the nature that surrounds him. He adores his younger sister, Hege, perhaps excessively. Their blind mother, their father and their little brother are the silent witnesses to their overwhelming love. But the arrival of a stranger to help with the logging sets off tremors that dislocate the delicate balance of family relationships. Exploring the foundations of desire and the boundaries of love, a dream-like and emotional fable of otherness and solitude, and the reconciliation of the two.
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