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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Olive Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Olive Films
  • 1 h 30 m
Amer

Summary Ana is confronted to Body and Desire at three key moments of her life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous j...

Directed By: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Written By: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Olive Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Olive Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Amer

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ana is confronted to Body and Desire at three key moments of her life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous j...

Directed By: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Written By: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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100
Oct 26, 2010
Amer could exist only as a movie, not as a novel or a pop song. If you give it a whirl, you won't simply get drunk on its immediacy; you may throw out plot and character altogether.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 26, 2010
The pleasures of this gorgeous, clever, and visceral film are almost exclusively aesthetic. Those unmoved or alienated by the porn of pain may be left flopping as nervelessly as one of the movie's severed limbs.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 28, 2010
Consistently outrageous and relentlessly surreal, the Belgian film is, intentionally or not, frequently funny; it's also compelling and distinctive.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 26, 2010
Unsettling, energizing and more than a little mystifying, Amer is the kind of movie that may leave you feeling indifferent or puzzled at the end. But damned if it doesn't return, days later, to visit - kind of like a killer in black leather gloves.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 3, 2011
Not for everyone, but fans of Dario Argento will find plenty to like about this otherworldly study of sex and sensuality.
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50
Oct 28, 2010
What does it all mean? Less than meets the eye. Amer is a voluptuous wallow in recycled psychosexual kitsch.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 31, 2010
This tedious exercise in abstraction by Belgian filmmakers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani well apes the visual stylization of such filmmakers as Mario Bava and Dario Argento without bothering to provide anything equivalent in terms of theme or content.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Anonymes Films, Tobina Film, Canal+, Département des Alpes-Maritimes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Oct 29, 2010
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.amer-film.com/
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Awards

Montréal Festival of New Cinema
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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