A Brutal Game (UN JEU BRUTAL)Genre: DramaLabel: Axiom FilmsDescription: Jean-Claude Brisseau (Secret Things The Exterminating Angels A L Aventure) is an auteur often associated with films that are sexually provocative risqué and controversial. In this darkly fascinating tale Professor Tessier (Bruno Cremer) a famous scientist has an unruly adolescent daughter Isabelle who is paralysed from the waist down. From the outset we learn that Tessier is a killer systematically murdering children who vandalised his lab. Tyrannical and extremely controlling of his daughter Tessier is also an introverted figure that at times evokes pity. As he descends into a moral abyss his daughter Isabelle increasingly opens up to the world. Avoiding serial-killer movie clichés Brisseau has crafted a mesmerising character study anchored by stunning performances from Emmanuelle Debever and Bruno Cremer. Brutal passionate obsessive and pertinent A BRUTAL GAME (UN JEU BRUTAL) remains to this day one of the most powerful and shocking French films.
