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For my money, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are two of the best genre directors working today. Their two feature-length gialli, Amer (2009) and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (2014) are among the greatest "throwback" films of all-time, taking the vocabulary and iconography of the giallo and twisting it into something new and exciting, all while playing with the cinematic form with a barrage of close-ups, split screens, and Chris Marker-esque jump-cut slideshows. The only downside is that, as of the time of this writing, only the aforementioned gialli are available for viewing, while their latest film, Let the Corpses Tan, won’t be released stateside until this summer. So what’s a fan of hyper-stylized neo-gialli to do? Why, turn to their shorts, of course!

Like many filmmakers, Cattet and Forzani honed the aesthetic they’d use in their later films through their early shorts. Unlike all filmmakers,...

A Woman in Trouble and a Man in Need: Forzani & Cattet Return Prove a Force to Reckon With

Directing duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani follow-up up their 2009 debut Amer with another hit from the giallo pipe, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, a visual masterpiece that will confuse, confound, and hypnotize you as it’s one of the most visually extravagant explorations of the gaudy and grotesque ever committed to film. Certain to be rejected by mainstream sensibilities, Cattet and Forzani go beyond just another stylistic homage to create a creepshow that actually surpasses its predecessors with its expert level of artistic and technical prowess.

The plot seems to be transparently simple, yet spurts into a labyrinthine odyssey of revolving tangents and alternate perspectives that make it seem anything but. Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange), a Danish man living in Brussels, returns to his art nouveau apartment from...

It feels like we've been talking about Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's (Amer) new film, The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears, forever now. Thankfully U.S. audiences will finally get to see it for themselves as Strand Releasing announced today an August 29th release date!

The Giallo throwback stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a nightmare world while searching for his missing wife.

Look for more on The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (review) soon!

Synopsis

From directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Amer), comes this homage to the masters of classic Italian Giallo horror. Dan returns home to find his wife is missing. With no signs of struggle or break-in and with no help from the police, Dan's search for answers leads him down a psychosexual rabbit hole.

If you're wondering when you'll be able to see Amer filmmakers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's next Giallo throwback, The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (review), you're not alone. Thankfully, we're not going to have to wait much longer. Read on for details!

As per Variety, Strand Releasing has snatched up all North American rights to the film, which they're planning on releasing sometime in the late summer of this year.

It was also picked up by Koch Media for German-speaking territories, Alto Media for South Korea, Njutafilms for Sweden, Bac for France, and Metrodome Distribution for the UK.

The throwback thriller stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a nightmare world while searching for his missing wife.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance.

So, just how strange is Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's (Amer) new film, The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears? If this latest clip is any indication, I'd say pretty fucking strange. Check it out!

Look for more on The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (review) soon!

The Giallo throwback stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a nightmare world while searching for his missing wife.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...

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The directing team that consist of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, the same people who blew many minds with the very odd film Amer not that long ago, have returned with an original and eerie attempt that strives to bring you chills and give you fright. It carries the title of The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears. Have peek below at the very mysterious and bizzare trailer. The flick stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Carmarda, Sam Lo…...

I've never been the biggest fan of Italian Giallo flicks, but one thing I will say about them is that they always seem to have the coolest titles. Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Amer) channel the spirit of Argento with their latest film, which boasts a title ripped straight out of the era.

Check out a gorgeous new trailer for The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (review here)!

The Giallo throwback stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a nightmare world while searching for his missing wife.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...

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Director's Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet ('Amer'), the pair responsible for the 'O is for Orgasm' segment of horror anthology 'The ABC's of Death', return with their new giallo styled thriller 'The Strange Colour of your Body's Tears' (Aka 'L'etrange couleur des larmes de ton corps'). A new international trailer for the bizarre looking feature has come to life once again revealing little more to help us unravel the mysteries about the project. 'The Strange Colour of your Body's Tears' stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck and Anna D'Annunzio. Check out the new trailer below....

Hot on the heels of Tiff 2013's Midnight Madness movie announcement comes word of the flicks playing as part of their Vanguard programme. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

The Vanguard programme takes audiences on a sensory rollercoaster ride with boundary-pushing international works that are bold and bodacious. Curated by international programmer Colin Geddes, this lineup brings the best in genre and arthouse together for a cinematic odyssey that eludes conventional definition.

“From revenge and ruin to sex, drugs and taxation, this programme challenges audiences to go places that no audience has gone before,” said Geddes. “Where Midnight Madness opens up audiences to a world of fear and fantasy, Vanguard plunges them into a confrontational and unnerving one that sometimes comes a bit too close to reality for comfort.”

The Vanguard roster features a provocative partnership between Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) and Eli Roth (Hostel,...

Tiff’s Midnight Madness selection is usually where we find all of the horror films, but the Vanguard selection features Ti West’s latest film, The Sacrament, and Alexandre Aja’s Horns, starring Daniel Radcliffe:

“Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival® Vanguard programme takes audiences on a sensory rollercoaster ride with boundary-pushing international works that are bold and bodacious. Curated by international programmer Colin Geddes, this lineup brings the best in genre and arthouse together for a cinematic odyssey that eludes conventional definition.

“From revenge and ruin to sex, drugs and taxation, this programme challenges audiences to go places that noaudience has gone before,” said Geddes. “Where Midnight Madness opens up audiences to a world of fear and fantasy, Vanguard plunges them into a confrontational and unnerving one that sometimes comes a bit too close to reality for comfort.”

The Vanguard roster features a provocative partnership between Ti West (The House of the Devil,...

After looking at this poster for the upcoming giallo The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears, I only have one question: Where can I purchase this poster?

The giallo throwback stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a world of nightmare and violence while searching for his missing wife.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Start crying and taste my tears in the comments section below.

Exclusive: Buys include Gerard Johnson’s Hyena from Number 9 and Film4, latest film from Lukas Moodyson, and FrightFest closer.

Metrodome has announced UK and Irish acquisition deals for a slew of hot new titles, including Wish You Were Here [pictured] starring Joel Edgerton.

Kieran Darcy-Smith’s film is about a vacation that goes wrong when a traveller goes missing in Cambodia.

The other titles acquired are:

The Last Days, a Spanish sci-fi horror project about a mysterious epidemic. (Sold by Wild Bunch.)

Hyena, Gerard Johnson’s thriller for Number 9 and Film 4. The cast includes Peter Ferdinando, Neil Maskell and Arta Dobroshi, in the story of a corrupt London police officer who collides with Albanian gangsters.

We Are The Best, written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, about three outsiders in 1980s Stockholm. Metrodome has frequently released Moodysson’s work in the past.

A Prize Idiot, Hans Petter Moland’s action-comedy set against a drug war between Norwegian mafia and Serbian...

Exclusive: Buys include Gerard Johnson’s Hyena from Number 9 and Film4, latest film from Lukas Moodyson, and FrightFest closer.

Metrodome has announced UK and Irish acquisition deals for a slew of hot new titles, including Wish You Were Here [pictured] starring Joel Edgerton.

Kieran Darcy-Smith’s film is about a vacation that goes wrong when a traveller goes missing in Cambodia.

The other titles acquired are:

The Last Days, a Spanish sci-fi horror project about a mysterious epidemic. (Sold by Wild Bunch.)

Hyena, Gerard Johnson’s thriller for Number 9 and Film 4. The cast includes Peter Ferdinando, Neil Maskell and Arta Dobroshi, in the story of a corrupt London police officer who collides with Albanian gangsters.

We Are The Best, written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, about three outsiders in 1980s Stockholm. Metrodome has frequently released Moodysson’s work in the past.

A Prize Idiot, Hans Petter Moland’s action-comedy set against a drug war between Norwegian mafia and Serbian...

Excited for the new flick from the writer-directors of Amer, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, entitled The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears? Well you're in luck then as we've got a teaser trailer for you!

The flick stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck and centers on the surreal drama that follows a husband who plunges into a world of nightmare and violence while searching for his missing wife.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence...

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Star crying in the comments section below.

Amer, the Giallo-inspired work of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, is something to behold. A beautiful and shocking film that didn’t get the recognition it deserved. With Cannes concluded, here’s the first teaser trailer for Cattet and Forzani’s follow-up, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, which stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam... Read More...

Two more bits of news are coming out of the exhaustive Cannes Film Market. Read on for the first details regarding the giallo The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears and the upcoming thriller The Last Showing.

According to Screen Daily, UK outfit Metrodome has pre-bought giallo-style thriller The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, pictured below, from Bac Films. Writer-directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s follow-up to cult genre hit Amer, which Quentin Tarantino listed as among his favorite films of 2010, stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, and Sam Louwyck. “The surreal drama follows a husband who plunges into a world of nightmare and violence while searching for his missing wife.”

They also report that Simon Crowe’s Sc Films has picked up sales rights to The Philm Company’s thriller The Last Showing, “about a couple trapped in a cinema who are manipulated into becoming...

Fans of the giallo flick Amer will be happy to hear that filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are at it again and bringing a new project to the Cannes Film Market. Check out your first look at The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears right here!

The flick stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck and Anna D’Annunzio. Details are kind of sparse at the moment, but we're sure we'll be hearing a lot about this one soon enough. In the interim check out the sales art below.

Synopsis

A woman vanishes. Her husband inquires into the strange circumstances of her disappearance. Did she leave him? Is she dead? As he goes along searching, he plunges into a world of nightmare and violence…

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Amer, the Giallo-inspired work of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, is something to behold. A beautiful and shocking film that didn’t get the recognition it deserved. With Cannes heating up, Bloody landed a new look at Cattet and Forzani’s follow-up, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, which we learned stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk,... Read More...

Directing duo Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet ('Amer') are following up their involvement with horror anthology 'The ABC's of Death' with their new full feature horror project 'The Strange Colour of your Body's Tears' (Aka 'L'etrange couleur des larmes de ton corps'). The project, currently sitting in post-production, stars Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck and Anna D'Annunzio and some new stills from the feature have arrived. 'It's a film which we have worked on for nine years now.' stated the directors. 'It is set in Brussels (where we live) which is particularly known for its Art Nouveau architecture. The film is still produced by the same producers as Amer - Eve Commenge and Francois Cognard - and the Flemish director / producer Koen Mortier.'...

For those of you as yet unfamiliar with the genre the “giallo” (plural “gialli”) is a 20th Century Italian genre of literature and film that gets it name from its literal meaning (“yellow”) in reference to its origin as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers. From its birth back in 1963 with Mario Bava’s “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” (“La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo”) the genre has given birth to such colourfully monikered fare as Luciano Ercoli’s “The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion” (1970), Mario Bava’s “Twitch of the Death Nerve” (1971), Sergio Martino’s “Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have The Key” (1972) and Pupi Avati’ s “The House With Laughing Windows” (1976). Such masters of the genre as Mario Bava (and his son Lamberto), Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi and Sergio Martino have delighted fans since back in the 1970′s...

Directors: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Writers: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Starring: Cassandra Forêt, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk I was really disappointed this Halloween because I thought I did not have any horror films to review...so, in cases like these, I typically pop in old reliable (Dario Argento’s Suspiria) to get me through the night; but tonight, without knowing what to expect, I happened upon a screener of Amer and for whatever reason I opted to pop it into my DVD player. Honestly, I had absolutely no idea that Amer was a horror film -- and I certainly did not suspect that it would send my head spinning in blissed out neo-giallo delight! Amer (French for "bitter") is split into three distinct chapters, each focusing on Ana at distinct points in her sexual evolution: prepubescence, adolescence and adulthood.

Written and directed by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani

Featuring Marie Bos, Delphine Brual, Harry Cleven, Bianca Maria D'Amato, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk

Supposedly told in three segments, Amer is a giallo-inspired story of young Ana’s sexual and sensual growth from girl to woman. At least that’s what the directors are saying.

Surrealist and extremely hard to follow (or to invest in emotionally), Amer is openly an ode to the films of Dario Argento and Mario Bava, but decidedly leaves out something that both directors usually had a plot. Depicting a series of actresses as the confused and confusing Ana as she grows from girlhood to the prime of womanhood, Amer attempts heavy handedly to repulse and excite without creating any drama or narrative. That kind of thing can work, but it doesn’t work here. Frankly, I’m a little baffled at how...