Iconoclastic Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz curbs his melodramatic inclinations in this cerebral thriller, which wrings most of its chills from the specter of psychological impressionability. Shy, eight-year-old Camille (Nils Hugon) ejoys working on his video diary and spending time with classmate Alexandre (Bruno Marengo), who has never met Camille's parents, Ariane and Pierre (Isabelle Huppert, Denis Podalydes). Camille is also obsessed with Paul, who could be either an imaginary playmate or the ghost of a child who drowned two years ago. On this ninth birthday, Camille announces that Ariane isn't his real mother and begs her to return him to an unfamiliar part of tow...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins