Deep in the woods
A film by Benoit Jacquot
2010 - France - Drama
Opening film at Locarno 2010. Toronto TIFF 2010 London Film Festival 2010 French Revolutions. Rendez-vous with French cinema NYC 2011
In 1865 Timothee, a wanderer, arrives in a village in southern France pretending he is deaf and mute. He is struck by the beauty of young woman, Josephine, and asks for hospitality at the house of Dr Hughes, her father. At dinner, he makes strange tricks giving Josephine a weird reaction. The next day, he comes back when she is alone and make her fall in a state of hypnotic lethargy before taking advantage of her. Overwhelmed by his powerful hypnotic gift, she follows him even though she seems to be disgusted and afraid of him. He takes her deep in the woods and continues to abuse her until he is arrested and trialed. But how did Josephine accept to follow him ?
Josephine Isild LE BESCO
Timothe Nahuel PEREZ BISCAYART
Jerome Kirsher
Mathieu Simonet
ProducerPhilippe Carcassonne | Cine@
ProducerMatthieu Tarrot
ProducerJens Meure
EditingLuc Barnier
SoundHenri Maikoff
SoundFrançois Musy
CinematographyJulien Hirsh
Length 102'
Ratio 1.85
6 reels