2016 · drama · art house · surreal
Staying Vertical
Directed by Alain Guiraudie1h 38m2016
Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with a baby to care for.
Our read: Staying Vertical (2016) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · art house · surreal entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / art house, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- surreal
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