If the phrase "Clair Denis's
hommage a Jose Larraz" means something to you, you're ideally suited to appreciate this odd mix of art-film opacity and graphic gore. A honeymooning American couple, Shane and June Brown (Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey), arrive in Paris and check into their hotel. Meanwhile, in a nondescript French suburb, Core (Beatrice Dalle), whose apparently disabled car is parked off to the side of an isolated road, solicits help from a thuggish truck driver whose eyes gleam with evil intent. It seems obvious where each scene is leading, and neither goes the way you'd expect. The apparently blissful honeymooners spend a night filled with frustra...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins