"Une étreinte" grabs your attention from the first haunting image. From the shocking opening scene onwards you have no choice but to follow the films magical, dreamlike logic until it reaches its touching climax. The film gives us no explanation as to the behavior of the characters, but present us instead with images and actions that in strange ways correspond with our own repressed impulses and deepest fears. It is a precise, haunting film that manages to be extremely suspenseful while at the same time creating a poetic ambiguity that will make sure the film stays with the spectator long after he has left the cinema... A cruel and beautiful film.
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