Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant
- 2023
- 1h 30m
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7.2/10
2K
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A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies.A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies.A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies.
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- Crazy credits"no bat or other animal was harmed during the making of this film."
- SoundtracksDracula 'Yé-Yé'
(Andrés Pajares Martín, Manuel Paso Andres, Rodrigo Martínez Saez)
Performed by Andrés Pajares
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Very Good Film
Although the title of this film was extremely attractive to me, I let the days go by without seeing it, but a dear friend read the comment and, since it was being shown in a cinema in Paris, she saw it and wrote to me enthusiastically. When it was my turn (the night before surgery on my left eye, in case I went blind!), I could not help but agree with her that it is a very good genre film.
In truth, vampire films in every corner of the cinema world is a tired and annoying mess - more than bloody - that has contributed little to this horror subgenre in recent years. Among the most original works of the late 20th century, the sociopolitical metaphor well-hidden and seasoned in the works of Cuban animator Juan Padrón stood out, with «¡Vampiros in La Habana!» and his «Filminutes», and some films made in Canada.
Although it is not common to see Canadian cinema in Panamá, we were able to see three French-speaking films thanks to Cable TV: two endearing comedies called «Blood and Donuts» (1995) and «Karmina» (1996) and, already in this millennium, the drama that mixes racism and cannibalism among high-class vampires, «La peau blanche» (2014). And now we have «Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant», director Ariane Louis-Seize's debut film, which has a gentleness and tenderness that the other films mentioned do not possess.
On the surface it is a comedy, but in all honesty, among the laughter, there is a reflection on love, death, solidarity, otherness, loneliness and survival in the world of young people. In the plot, a teenage vampire named Sasha fails to develop fangs because she does not want to kill any human being and, since she does not consume blood, she is starving. Then a boy crosses her path. Paul is a young man who is a victim of bullying, the only son of a single nurse, and he wants to die in a very natural way, as a final option. When they meet at a reunion of a self-help group for suicides, Sasha and Paul design a plan that satisfies the needs of both and an affection is born that the two scriptwriters (Christine Doyon and the director) do not make obvious, perhaps to avoid the easy trap that romance stories can become if they are not fully handled or justified.
The film, also apparently, has a happy ending, but no... Just remember the pathetic lines from Herzog's «Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht», in which Dracula meditates on the vampire nature, on the prolonged solitary existence with no other purpose than satisfy his addiction to blood.
With a magnificent cast (which includes Sasha's family and Paul's mother), and the good directorial hand of Ariane Louis-Seize in her opera prima, the film is very emotional, fun and enjoyable. It may or may not pass "the test of time", but in 2024 it well deserves a 10/10.
In truth, vampire films in every corner of the cinema world is a tired and annoying mess - more than bloody - that has contributed little to this horror subgenre in recent years. Among the most original works of the late 20th century, the sociopolitical metaphor well-hidden and seasoned in the works of Cuban animator Juan Padrón stood out, with «¡Vampiros in La Habana!» and his «Filminutes», and some films made in Canada.
Although it is not common to see Canadian cinema in Panamá, we were able to see three French-speaking films thanks to Cable TV: two endearing comedies called «Blood and Donuts» (1995) and «Karmina» (1996) and, already in this millennium, the drama that mixes racism and cannibalism among high-class vampires, «La peau blanche» (2014). And now we have «Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant», director Ariane Louis-Seize's debut film, which has a gentleness and tenderness that the other films mentioned do not possess.
On the surface it is a comedy, but in all honesty, among the laughter, there is a reflection on love, death, solidarity, otherness, loneliness and survival in the world of young people. In the plot, a teenage vampire named Sasha fails to develop fangs because she does not want to kill any human being and, since she does not consume blood, she is starving. Then a boy crosses her path. Paul is a young man who is a victim of bullying, the only son of a single nurse, and he wants to die in a very natural way, as a final option. When they meet at a reunion of a self-help group for suicides, Sasha and Paul design a plan that satisfies the needs of both and an affection is born that the two scriptwriters (Christine Doyon and the director) do not make obvious, perhaps to avoid the easy trap that romance stories can become if they are not fully handled or justified.
The film, also apparently, has a happy ending, but no... Just remember the pathetic lines from Herzog's «Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht», in which Dracula meditates on the vampire nature, on the prolonged solitary existence with no other purpose than satisfy his addiction to blood.
With a magnificent cast (which includes Sasha's family and Paul's mother), and the good directorial hand of Ariane Louis-Seize in her opera prima, the film is very emotional, fun and enjoyable. It may or may not pass "the test of time", but in 2024 it well deserves a 10/10.
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- CA$4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $57,953
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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