Slash. Through this wand-separator write the genre of «Lemming» — «drama / thriller». It contains his secret and his achievement. Yes, a young and prosperous married couple invites another to dinner — the boss and his wife, who hate each other.
1. Slash. Through this wand-separator write the genre of «Lemming» — «drama / thriller». It contains his secret and his achievement. Yes, a young and prosperous married couple invites another to dinner — the boss and his wife, who hate each other. The evening, during which a lemming rodent is found stuck in the drain of the apartment, becomes the beginning of a real hell — events, transformations, but most importantly — relationships. Between the thriller and the drama of the collapse of love and trust — only a modest slash. Perhaps only Hitchcock managed to achieve this.
2. Two Charlottes. They are not alike — Charlotte Rampling, the star of non-conformist cinema of the 70s (remember The Night Porter), and Charlotte Gainsbourg, the quiet daughter of chansonnier Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. They are actresses of different generations, energies and aspirations: rebellion and introspection, passion and humility, ice and fire. And in Lemming they are opposites: hate and love. But they merge into a dialectical feminine whole. Such acting interaction even in serious cinema has not been for a long time.
3. Big «fuck off!». This is how Charlotte Rampling described the actions and moods of her heroine: “The only thing she can do for her own pleasure is shout to the world: “Fuck off!” So does the young Frenchman Dominique Moll. With a film shot within four walls, with four actors, built only on the director’s ingenuity, he drives the viewer into awe. This is what the resolute “fuck off!” says. all the big «industrial» cinema with its grandiose special effects.
Directed by: Dominic Moll. Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Laurent Lucas, André Dussolier, Charlotte Rampling. At the box office from May 11.