Stars: Takashi Irie, Yukina Takase, Yurika Natsume, Miki Nomura, Laila Chiba, Scott Anthony, Dominic Early, Setsuka Akiyama, Takumi Isaji, Marilyn Kawakami | Written and Directed by Doug Roos
Bakemono, the film’s title card informs us, is Japanese for monster, a combination of “bake” which means changing or transforming and “mono” which means thing or creature. And that is what the film is about, a shapeshifting creature killing people in a Tokyo Airbnb. Killing lots of people and shedding lots of blood in the process, which is both the film’s strong point and biggest weakness.
Writer/director Doug Roos has set up a very minimal plot that involves Mitsou who has conjured up the demonic creature which now preys on those unfortunate enough to rent the apartment. This leads to a parade of victims. Some it simply attacks, others it seems to draw out their baser emotions causing them to quarrel with,...
Bakemono, the film’s title card informs us, is Japanese for monster, a combination of “bake” which means changing or transforming and “mono” which means thing or creature. And that is what the film is about, a shapeshifting creature killing people in a Tokyo Airbnb. Killing lots of people and shedding lots of blood in the process, which is both the film’s strong point and biggest weakness.
Writer/director Doug Roos has set up a very minimal plot that involves Mitsou who has conjured up the demonic creature which now preys on those unfortunate enough to rent the apartment. This leads to a parade of victims. Some it simply attacks, others it seems to draw out their baser emotions causing them to quarrel with,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Alliance Vivafilm, a film distributor, announced ([1] and [2]) that L'enfant prodige (aka André Mathieu - Le dernier des romantiques) will have a world premiere on May 9 in Shanghai during the Expo 2010 Shanghai. Afterwards, L'enfant prodige will hit theatres in Quebec on May 28, 2010.
The biopic about Canadian pianist André Mathieu (1929-1968) was produced with a budget of $6 million by Daniel Louis (Les invasions barbares) and Denise Robert (Maurice Richard). It was directed and written by Luc Dionne.
The story follows André Mathieu (Guillaume Lebon plays the child and Patrick Drolet, the adult), a Montreal-born pianist who was described as the "Canadian Mozart" during his childhood. Because of his talent, he will travel in Europe in order to study piano with different great teachers like Arthur Honneger (Marc Béland) and Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) just to name a few. Moreover, André Mathieu will also come across Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (Itzhak Finzi...
The biopic about Canadian pianist André Mathieu (1929-1968) was produced with a budget of $6 million by Daniel Louis (Les invasions barbares) and Denise Robert (Maurice Richard). It was directed and written by Luc Dionne.
The story follows André Mathieu (Guillaume Lebon plays the child and Patrick Drolet, the adult), a Montreal-born pianist who was described as the "Canadian Mozart" during his childhood. Because of his talent, he will travel in Europe in order to study piano with different great teachers like Arthur Honneger (Marc Béland) and Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) just to name a few. Moreover, André Mathieu will also come across Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (Itzhak Finzi...
- 3/31/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Alliance Vivafilm has released online the trailer of L'enfant prodige (aka André Mathieu - Le dernier des romantiques), a biographical drama about the Canadian pianist André Mathieu. The latter will be played by Patrick Drolet (Le grand départ).
The film is shot with a budget of Cdn$6 million and is directed by Luc Dionne (Monica la mitraille).
It follows the life of the Montreal-born André Mathieu (1929-1968) who was referred to as "the little Canadian Mozart". Given that he composed his first musical work at three years old and had an obvious talent in piano, his father, Rodolphe Mathieu (Marc Labrèche), will be his first teacher. Furthermore, as he gets older, André Mathieu will travel to Europe to study the art of playing piano with the greatest masters such as Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) or Arthur Honnegger (Marc Béland) just to name a few. However, Mathieu died at...
The film is shot with a budget of Cdn$6 million and is directed by Luc Dionne (Monica la mitraille).
It follows the life of the Montreal-born André Mathieu (1929-1968) who was referred to as "the little Canadian Mozart". Given that he composed his first musical work at three years old and had an obvious talent in piano, his father, Rodolphe Mathieu (Marc Labrèche), will be his first teacher. Furthermore, as he gets older, André Mathieu will travel to Europe to study the art of playing piano with the greatest masters such as Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) or Arthur Honnegger (Marc Béland) just to name a few. However, Mathieu died at...
- 1/7/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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