Teddy
- 2020
- 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
1.9K
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In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.
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- 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaDaniel Vannet appears on photographs in Teddy's house.
- ConnectionsReferences The Pink Panther (1964)
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A werewolf in the Pyrenees
Summary
A successful look at the myth of the werewolf, in this case associated with a coming of age and a love story of a teenager in a town in the French Pyrenees, with the realism, dryness and social notes typical of French terror and a moving result.
Review
Teddy is a teenager who lives in a French town in the Pyrenees area. From the moment he is bitten by something hidden in the woods, his behavior begins to change.
Teddy hasn't finished school, he's dating a girl who's about to finish high school, he loves satanic rock, he lives with a strange uncle and he has an amazing job. Outside of all this, he is a simple and impulsive boy who lacks a social life.
The film by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma (critic's award at the Sitges Festival 2020 and part of the official selection for the Cannes Film Festival) brings their perspective on the myth of the werewolf, framing it in a coming of age and a story of love, enhanced by notes on class, work, on medical knowledge and cultural differences, notes never underlined, but rather arise spontaneously from history; Teddy and his entourage have something of Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan.
The story develops a successful narrative crescendo, generally staying within a realistic register that includes everyday episodes (including sexual ones) that in this context take on enormous tension and others that are very simple but put the viewer to the test. The directors know how to resort to ellipses and off-screen with solvency, to which is added a certain humor that emerges from the small-town dynamics. And when it comes to solving situations, the film shows the characteristic dryness of French terror, which does not prevent them from being moving.
Anthony Bajon (absolute protagonist) composes very well a lonely Teddy who generates empathy in the viewer. And I left for the end a special mention for the remarkable soundtrack by Amaury Chabauty, which contributes opportunely and enormously to the climates created in the film.
A successful look at the myth of the werewolf, in this case associated with a coming of age and a love story of a teenager in a town in the French Pyrenees, with the realism, dryness and social notes typical of French terror and a moving result.
Review
Teddy is a teenager who lives in a French town in the Pyrenees area. From the moment he is bitten by something hidden in the woods, his behavior begins to change.
Teddy hasn't finished school, he's dating a girl who's about to finish high school, he loves satanic rock, he lives with a strange uncle and he has an amazing job. Outside of all this, he is a simple and impulsive boy who lacks a social life.
The film by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma (critic's award at the Sitges Festival 2020 and part of the official selection for the Cannes Film Festival) brings their perspective on the myth of the werewolf, framing it in a coming of age and a story of love, enhanced by notes on class, work, on medical knowledge and cultural differences, notes never underlined, but rather arise spontaneously from history; Teddy and his entourage have something of Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan.
The story develops a successful narrative crescendo, generally staying within a realistic register that includes everyday episodes (including sexual ones) that in this context take on enormous tension and others that are very simple but put the viewer to the test. The directors know how to resort to ellipses and off-screen with solvency, to which is added a certain humor that emerges from the small-town dynamics. And when it comes to solving situations, the film shows the characteristic dryness of French terror, which does not prevent them from being moving.
Anthony Bajon (absolute protagonist) composes very well a lonely Teddy who generates empathy in the viewer. And I left for the end a special mention for the remarkable soundtrack by Amaury Chabauty, which contributes opportunely and enormously to the climates created in the film.
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- Jan 15, 2022
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- Also known as
- Тедди
- Filming locations
- Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, Pyrénées-Orientales, France(war memorial ceremony)
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- Gross worldwide
- $142,027
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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