Daguerrotype (film)

Daguerrotype
Japanese poster
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring Tahar Rahim
Music by Gregoire Hetzel
Cinematography Alexis Kavyrchine
Edited by Veronique Lange
Release date
  • 11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) (Japan)
  • 23 November 2016 (2016-11-23) (France)
Running time
 131 minutes
Country France
Japan
Belgium
Language French

Daguerrotype (also known as The Woman in the Silver Plate; Japanese: ダゲレオタイプの女; French: Le Secret de la chambre noire) is a 2016 internationally co-produced fantasy film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.[1]

Plot

Stéphane, a renowned fashion photographer, lives in seclusion in a dilapidated house in the Paris suburbs, together with his daughter and muse Marie. Stéphane is obsessed with his wife's unexpected death and creates her daguerreotypes every day, using his daughter as a photomodel. In order for him to do so, Marie has to remain immobile for a long time, wearing an old-fashioned blue dress.

Jean, a young Parisian and the new assistant of Stéphane, falls in love with Marie. He is disturbed by the long photo sessions and, together with Marie, tries to figure out how to free Stéphane from his obsession. Jean decides to convince Stéphane to sell his real estate. The money received for the sale may be used to start a life elsewhere—both for Jean who wants to live with Marie and for the photographer who can recreate his photography studio. But things do not go as planned.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10.[2]

Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a favorable review, saying, "A double-take scene in an empty church is an especially strong moment because of Rahim's (and Kurosawa's) tacit understanding of understatement."[3] Meanwhile, Sam Fragoso of TheWrap gave the film an unfavorable review, describing it as "two or three movies haphazardly wrapped into one."[4] Andrew Barker of Variety called it "Heavy on moody atmospherics yet fundamentally inert."[5] Keith Uhlich of Slant Magazine stated that it is reminiscent of William Dieterle's 1948 romantic fantasy film, Portrait of Jennie.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Justin Chang (13 April 2016). "Cannes: Films Jockeying for Position in Ultra-Competitive Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Daguerrotype (Le secret de la chambre noire) (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Hoeij, Boyd van (12 September 2016). "'Daguerreotype' ('Le Secret de la chambre noire'): Film Review - TIFF 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Fragoso, Sam (11 September 2016). "'Daguerrotype' Toronto Review: Atmospheric Horror Feature Should Have Been a Short". TheWrap. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Barker, Andrew (16 September 2016). "Film Review: 'Daguerrotype' (Le Secret de la chambre noire)". Variety. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Uhlich, Keith (11 September 2016). "Toronto Film Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Daguerrotype". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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