Déjà mort

This is not for all audiences and what I want to emphasize on is Carlo Brandt's character, one of his most impressive ever. This dude has the perfect face of the perfect nasty, cruel, f...up motherf.... and he is a brilliant actor. Watch out for him in LA SIRENE ROUGE, FRANCK SPADONE,and many other films too. A real heavy in the French movie industry. A topic about porn underground industry, disturbing, violent, hopeless scheme, not Olivier Dahan's best but worth the view anyway. Good young actors whose careers were here launched. But, again, look out for Carlo Brandt....

Although not perfect, this movie is indeed a noir. The ambiance is here, as well as good acting and direction (most of them now have achieved notoriety). Of course Déja Mort is kind of immature in essence, but what do you expect teenagers, rich & wannabees, having parties, sex drugs and alcohol to act like ? Noir is about flawed characters making mistakes. It's a noir by a young writer/director aimed at a young audience, and as that, it is quite good.

And PLEASE don't compare it to Requiem for a Dream, dummy. I know Dahan is not Aronofsky, but unless you think the 1933 King Kong is a remake of Peter Jackson's, check out the release dates.

Although the girl thinks she is the one who makes the decisions in her live it is fate that is in control. More so if drugs are involved.

This film shows us that often it are the most honest of young people that can get trapped because they want to be part of the swinging live. They become too late aware that it is all make believe.

Too bad, that not many people have seen this movie. It just happened that I lived in Paris when the movie came out - and it was the right movie at the right time - exactly reflecting certain feelings I had. It's hard to explain a certain mood to others, for me this movie was just perfect ... if you get the chance to watch - take it ... maybe you will like it as much as I did.

This is a gem of a "noir" movie showing various character in a self-destructive descent into hell. This is not really a portrayal of the porn business, but much more. A young guy is fascinated by two poseurs taking snapshots and agrees to introduce to them a girl, Zoé, he watches from afar. The two rich brats accept him as Zoé's "chaperon", but they soon turn her to the porn business. This could be sub-Tarantino territory, but Dahan actually fleshes out his characters, introduces real humanity and, if we know this will all end in tragedy, the "how" remains fascinating. This is great, sincere stuff.