Un couteau dans le cœur
Knife + Heart
Paris, Sommer 1979: Pornoregisseurin Anne wird von ihrer Freundin Loïs verlassen. Während sie sich in die Arbeit an ihrem Magnum Opus „Homocidal“ (!) stürzt, hat es ein Serienmörder (mit Switchblade-Dildo) auf ihre Darsteller abgesehen. Die Polizei zeigt kein Interesse an derartigen Milieu-Morden, weshalb sich Anne selbst auf die Jagd nach dem Killer macht. Das neonlichterne Prachtstück Un couteau dans le cœur ist Abfeierung des urbanen Hedonismus am Vorabend der AIDS-Epidemie im Gewand eines Giallo, gleichzeitig auch Liebesbrief an die abenteuerlustige (Porno-)Filmkultur der späten Siebziger. Wild, brutal, sinnlich, geil. (Markus Keuschnigg)
Dripping with the stylistic residue of the era’s B-thrillers, and soundtracked by a lush, synthetic score by the director’s brother (aka electronic producer M83), Knife + Heart re-creates a period of sexual freedom and optimism that, like its subjects, was under nascent threat by unseen forces that would soon do irreparable damage. (Jordan Cronk, Film Comment) If Dario Argento, Brian De Palma and Kenneth Anger conceived a three-way love child while watching Cruising and listening to a Giorgio Moroder mix tape, the result would be something like French director Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart. (Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter)
Director's Biography
Yann Gonzalez
Yann Gonzalez was born in Nice, France, in 1977. After starting as a film critic, he went into directing with the short film “By the Kiss“ (2006). He made several other shorts before taking the leap to feature length with “You And The Night“ (2013), which premiered at Cannes Critic's Week. “Knife + Heart“ screened in competition in Cannes and won him Best Picture at the Athens film festival.
Film Selection: Un couteau dans le cœur (Knife + Heart, 2018) - Les îles (Islands, 2017, short) - Les rencontres d'après minuit (You And The Night, 2013, CE'14) - Nous ne serons plus jamais seuls (2012, short) - By The Kiss (2006, short)
Yann Gonzalez was born in Nice, France, in 1977. After starting as a film critic, he went into directing with the short film “By the Kiss“ (2006). He made several other shorts before taking the leap to feature length with “You And The Night“ (2013), which premiered at Cannes Critic's Week. “Knife + Heart“ screened in competition in Cannes and won him Best Picture at the Athens film festival.
Film Selection: Un couteau dans le cœur (Knife + Heart, 2018) - Les îles (Islands, 2017, short) - Les rencontres d'après minuit (You And The Night, 2013, CE'14) - Nous ne serons plus jamais seuls (2012, short) - By The Kiss (2006, short)
Nachtsicht | Night Sight 2019
Yann Gonzales
Frankreich / Mexiko / Schweiz 2018
color
100 Minuten
Französisch OmeU
Drehbuch Yann Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione
Kamera Simon Beaufils
Schnitt Raphaël Lefèvre
Ton/Sounddesign Jean-Barthélémy Velay
Musik M83 (Anthony Gonzalez, Nicolas Fromageau)
Mit Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet, Khaled Alouach, Félix Maritaud, Noé Hernandez, Thibault Servière, Bastien Waultier, Bertrand Mandico, Romane Bohringer, Elina Löwensohn, Yann Colette
Produzent*innen Charles Gillibert, Julio Chavezmontes, Consuelo Frauenfelder
Produktion
CG Cinéma, Piano, Garidi Films, Arte France Cinéma, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Le Fresnoy
Weltvertrieb
Kinology
Österreichpremiere
Verleih in Österreich
Salzgeber
Weltpremiere
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Austrian RightsSalzgeber
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
