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Ouvert 24/7
France 2010
directed by Thierry Paya
starring Maude Galet-Lalande, Stéphanie Siebering, Marie-Pierre Vincent, Morgane Housset, Fabrice Colombero, Amélie Christophe, Bertrand Patrzek, Lloyd Kaufman, Philippe Beun-Garbe, Emilie Brunner, Véronique Caldarola Piétryniack, Thierry Cersosimo, Anne Lindner, Rico Novais, Patrick Pandolfino, Chloé Rodier, Sébastien Tourscher, Alix Bénézech, Pascal Piccoli
written by Colin Vettier, music by Martial Vidigh, Michelle Young
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A trucker (Philippe Beun-Garbe) stops at a 24/7 diner in the middle of
nowhere, where the barmaid and the other guests tell him 3 macabre
stories:
- Elodie (Maude Galet-Lalande) and Delphine (Stéphanie Siebering)
like to cut up people, then kill them and eat them. But somehow
they've bungled up the job on a guy whose penis they have cut off but then had to hightail it to not get caught. Thing is, the penisless
guy is a cop who's now after them.
- Mathilde (Amélie Christophe) likes to kill people, preferably
children, and drink their blood. But she is haunted by her own
daughter, whom she just can't kill and who makes her life hell by
bringing fairy tales to life. However, it becomes more and more
apparent that mother and daughter are just two sides of the same coin
...
- Two naive girls from the country come to the big city to see a
musical revue - but lack the money to pay for the tickets. Eventually
they are taken under the wings by a prostitute who turns one of them
into a whore to earn enough money for both of them. Next day, they
watch the show, at the end of which the girl shoots herself, right
there in the theatre.
Up to a point, this film is really promising: It features three horror
stories full of macabre details, much gore and a few truly unexpected
twists and turns. But all of this only sounds interesting in writing,
basically because the promising elements of the film are not held together
by clever writing, because the directorial effort is completely atmosphere-free and on top of that incredibly bland, and even because the framing
story doesn't have the least connection (narratively) to the film's three
episodes. Granted, there are still a few loveable elements and sightgags
in this film, but overall, it's a bit of a disappointment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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