The Canal
The Canal
Ohjaus:
Ivan KavanaghKäsikirjoitus:
Ivan KavanaghKuvaus:
Piers McGrailSävellys:
Ceiri TorjussenNäyttelijät:
Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Serena Brabazon, Anneke Blok, Steve Oram, Maura Foley, Sinead WattersJuonikuvaukset(1)
Film archivist David (Rupert Evans) has been having a rough time lately, as he suspects that his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra) has been cheating on him with Alex (Carl Shaaban), one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when David's work partner Claire (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) gives him a reel of to-be-archived footage that shows that his house was the setting for a brutal murder in 1902. Becoming progressively more unsettled and unhinged, David begins to believe that a spectral presence is in his house and ends up following his wife to a nearby canal, where he discovers that she is indeed having an affair with Alex. When Alice goes missing shortly afterwards, David contacts the police- only to become the prime suspect in her disappearance. As the police grow more convinced that David has murdered his wife, he struggles to find proof of his growing suspicion that something otherworldly was instead responsible. (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment)
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It’s a pity that in the end Kavanagh reveals the twist/no-twist in such a literal way; the film could have done without it, it would have been better to play with the uncertainty. Which is actually what it does, so adding more is useless. I guessed it would be good, the festival responses didn’t lie. But, to be honest, what surprised me was how beautiful it looks; great play with colours, sounds and editing. There are a couple of truly scary scenes, but the film as a whole puts the viewer’s nerves in a twist and unsettles them to a point that they begin to fear for the characters. That is due in great part to the good (the adults’) and cute (the kids’) performances of the leading actors. Irish Ivan has put his mark on the horror map without much hesitation and I think it’s worth to follow him in the future.
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