Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

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A Franco-Belgian directing duo known for giallo-influenced, highly stylized feature films; their first feature is Amer.

The single review analyzes Amer as a debut that relentlessly privileges form — intense visuals, editing and soundtrack — to evoke psychosexual development through a giallo/surrealist lens. The critic praises the film's daring aesthetic and formal inventiveness while arguing its narrative/content is comparatively thin. Recommended as an aesthetic, experimental cinema experience rather than a conventional psychosexual drama.

For:Fans of giallo and experimental/surrelist cinema; film students, critics and viewers who prioritize formal/visual innovation.

 What seems to be lacking in Amer is precisely the content to which this meticulously and surprisingly semantic formal structure refers, as if the effort to functionally justify such a number of exquisite and ingenious stylistic choices actually clings to a vacuous and shallow matter, which certainly cannot withstand the comparison with the way it is shaped and served.

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