7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
In order to concentrate on her career, a ballet teacher lives estranged from her young son, who grew up with her mother. When she meets him again after years, an affection develops that goes far beyond maternal love.
Starring: Emil von SchönfelsDrama | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.50:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.50:1
German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
“Grand Jete” is a German production about the timeless love between a boy and his mother. Well, perhaps not timeless. And “love” here means “a sudden sexual relationship.” Screenwriter Anna Melikova has the challenge of bringing Anke Stelling’s book to the screen, making sense of incest and profound psychological problems, which aren’t easy to watch. Director Isabelle Stever tries to find her own way to approach such a sensitive topic, electing to fully immerse the picture in a sensorial viewing experience, hoping to generate a special mood to best approach a troubling tale of obsession. “Grand Jete” doesn’t go full Haneke, but it comes close, making the viewing experience both compellingly and irritatingly uncomfortable as Stever tries to put together a puzzle of mental illness, keeping away from dramatic structure for as long as possible.
The AVC encoded image (1.50:1 aspect ratio) presentation delivers compelling detail throughout the viewing experience. "Grand Jete" is a movie of surfaces and skin, and texture remains interesting as bodies and spaces are explored. Exteriors retain dimension. Colors are secure, with warmer living spaces and more dynamic club visits. Clothing is also crisply defined. Skin tones are natural. Delineation is satisfactory. Grain is fine and film-like.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA mix offers clear dialogue exchanges and a compelling sense of atmospherics as the characters make their way through rooms and around the city. Surrounds are subtle, with the listening event largely frontal, capturing growing intimacy. Music is crisp, exploring soundtrack selections and club visits, though low-end deals lightly with dance music beats.
"Grand Jete" isn't out to make a point. It prefers to wander through this dire relationship, which becomes a source of unintentional comedy as Stever observes Mario eat a meal in real time, and there's a lengthy sequence concentrating on Nadja vomiting into a toilet. Euro Cinema extremes are present (Nadja eventually masturbates with a pair of scissors) and not always welcome, but at the core of "Grand Jete" is a reasonably interesting study of madness in its most subtle forms, providing strong character inspection in the midst of potent psychological violence and directorial indulgence.
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