In horror, the babysitter is typically the character who protects her young ward from madmen and other dangers, but Dorothy Mills completely subverts the concept; Agnès Merlet’s 2008 film sees a disturbed sitter as the main threat to a child’s safety. This Irish chiller, however, upholds other genre traditions, including sending a city dweller to a small town where the people are ruled by their unusual customs, xenophobia and extreme faith. As the heedless outsider learns more about the infamous title character and the other residents, she quickly realizes this will not be an open-and-shut case of child abuse.
Dorothy Mills was written by Merlet and Juliette Sales, and this bleak story was originally set in Scotland before ultimately relocating to Ireland. This rural “fish out of water” mystery is in the vein of The Wicker Man, minus the folk-horror element, but there’s still something weird going on...
Dorothy Mills was written by Merlet and Juliette Sales, and this bleak story was originally set in Scotland before ultimately relocating to Ireland. This rural “fish out of water” mystery is in the vein of The Wicker Man, minus the folk-horror element, but there’s still something weird going on...
- 3/17/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Benoît Poelvoorde, Justine Lacroix and Steve Tientcheu lead the cast of this Haut et Court production which is co-produced by Tarentula and set to be sold by mk2 Films. The first clapperboard is set to slam on 22 March for Normale, Olivier Babinet’s 4th feature-length movie after two titles unveiled in Cannes’ Acid competition in 2010 and 2016 (the fiction film Robert Mitchum est mort and the documentary Swagger which was also nominated at the Césars), and Fishlove (which just won India Hair a nomination for 2021’s Best New Actress César). The lead roles will be played by Belgium’s Benoît Poelvoorde, Justine Lacroix (revealed via Real Love) and Steve Tientcheu (recently brilliant in Night of the Kings and Les Misérables). Adapted by Juliette Sales, Fabien Suarez and Olivier Babinet (the first two having notably written all three...
Poupoupidou (Nobody Else But You)
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Screenplay by Juliette Sales and Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
In French with English subtitles
How much do you really know about cinema’s most famous blonde? Director Gérald Hustache-Mathieu’s Poupoupidou isn’t a biopic of Marilyn Monroe, but certain details about the life and death of Martine Lingevin, aka Candice Lecoeur, aka cheese poster girl “Belle de Jura” may seem very familiar.
That title is a reference to “I Wanna Be Loved by You”, Marilyn’s famous number from Some Like It Hot. The opening credits seem to be taking their cue from Bert Stern’s Vogue photos – diaphanous top, nipple, bare flesh. It’s just the tip of the iceberg for cinephiles – an appropriate metaphor for a movie set in a snowbound town in Eastern France.
Poupoupidou is one of those films in which the two leading characters never meet because one of them is already dead.
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Screenplay by Juliette Sales and Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
In French with English subtitles
How much do you really know about cinema’s most famous blonde? Director Gérald Hustache-Mathieu’s Poupoupidou isn’t a biopic of Marilyn Monroe, but certain details about the life and death of Martine Lingevin, aka Candice Lecoeur, aka cheese poster girl “Belle de Jura” may seem very familiar.
That title is a reference to “I Wanna Be Loved by You”, Marilyn’s famous number from Some Like It Hot. The opening credits seem to be taking their cue from Bert Stern’s Vogue photos – diaphanous top, nipple, bare flesh. It’s just the tip of the iceberg for cinephiles – an appropriate metaphor for a movie set in a snowbound town in Eastern France.
Poupoupidou is one of those films in which the two leading characters never meet because one of them is already dead.
- 9/30/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
Genius Products has passed along the DVD cover art for the Weinstein Company acquisition Dorothy Mills . Agnès Merlet's film, which she co-wrote with Juliette Sales, streets on February 10th. Carice van Houten ( Valkyrie ) stars as a psychiatrist called upon to visit a small village and investigate the eponymous young woman (Jenn Murray) who is charged with attacking a child. Turns out, her patient may be possessed by a horrifying and malevolent force. For a trailer and four clips click here .
- 11/27/2008
- shocktillyoudrop.com
• Fango got a tip from writer/director Ryan Nicholson that his bowling-for-bloodshed shocker Gutterballs will be released on DVD January 27 by Tla Video. We’ll bring you the cover art and specs on the fully loaded disc shortly.
Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.
• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.
• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
- 11/5/2008
- Fangoria
• Fango got a tip from writer/director Ryan Nicholson that his bowling-for-bloodshed shocker Gutterballs will be released on DVD January 27 by Tla Video. We’ll bring you the cover art and specs on the fully loaded disc shortly.
Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.
• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Meanwhile, New Blood Entertainment has picked up Doomed To Consume, the zombie feature by Jason (Off The Beaten Path) Stephenson, and set a street date of February 24. Look for art and details on that one soon as well.
• Dimension Extreme and Genius Products gave Fango the first peek at the cover art for Pulse 3. The second direct-to-dvd sequel to the remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern ghost classic streets December 23, with a retail price of $19.97. Starring Rider (Cabin Fever) Strong and Brittany Finamore, the movie—in which the little girl from Pulse 2, now a teenager, accidentally releases a new phantom plague—was written and directed by Joel Soisson and comes with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
- 11/5/2008
- Fangoria
PARIS -- French screenwriters union the UGS will celebrate Jacques Prevert's birthday Feb. 4 as it awards its second annual Jacques Prevert Script Prize for best French screenplay, the UGS said Thursday.
Gallic director Daniele Thompson will preside over the ceremony at Paris' Orangerie restaurant.
Thompson's 2008 jury includes fellow screenwriters Pascal Kane, Olivier Lorelle, Loraine Levy, Juliette Sales, Jerome Soubeyrand, Gilles Taurand, Anne Louise Trividic, Pierre Uytterhoeven and Philippe Vuaillat.
This year, the winner in the best original screenplay category will see 4,000 copies of his script printed and distributed at newstands around the country as a supplement to the screenwriters' magazine "La Gazette des Scenaristes".
Last year's award for best original screenplay went to Christopher Turpin and Laurent Tuel for Tuel's "Jean-Philippe", while the best adaptation award went to Michel Hazanavicius' "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies".
Gallic director Daniele Thompson will preside over the ceremony at Paris' Orangerie restaurant.
Thompson's 2008 jury includes fellow screenwriters Pascal Kane, Olivier Lorelle, Loraine Levy, Juliette Sales, Jerome Soubeyrand, Gilles Taurand, Anne Louise Trividic, Pierre Uytterhoeven and Philippe Vuaillat.
This year, the winner in the best original screenplay category will see 4,000 copies of his script printed and distributed at newstands around the country as a supplement to the screenwriters' magazine "La Gazette des Scenaristes".
Last year's award for best original screenplay went to Christopher Turpin and Laurent Tuel for Tuel's "Jean-Philippe", while the best adaptation award went to Michel Hazanavicius' "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies".
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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