Sombre is a 1998 French film directed by Philippe Grandrieux, starring Marc Barbé and Elina Löwensohn. The film was nominated for the Golden Leopard and won the C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Plot
The film deals with Jean (Marc Barbé), a serial killer who follows the Tour de France cycling race in his car and murders women (mostly prostitutes) along his way. Then he meets Claire (Elina Löwensohn), a psychologically troubled and confused woman who falls in love with him.
References
Sources
- Beugnet, Martine. (2005) âÂÂEvil and the senses: Philippe GrandrieuxâÂÂs Sombre and La Vie nouvelleâÂÂ, Studies in French Cinema, 5(3), pp. 175âÂÂ184.
- Chamarette, Jenny. (2013) Phenomenology and the future of film: rethinking subjectivity beyond French cinema. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [See chapter 5: Threatened Corporealities: Thinking with the Films of Philippe Grandrieux]
- Hainge, Greg. (2017) Philippe Grandrieux: sonic cinema. New Yorkâ¯; London: Bloomsbury Academic (Ex:centrics).
- Rondeau, Corinne. (2001) âÂÂSombre, la surface et la chair. A propos dâÂÂun film de Philippe GrandrieuxâÂÂ, in Murielle Gagnebin (ed.) Cinéma et inconscient. Seyssel: Champ Vallon, pp. 74âÂÂ87.
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