''Sombre'' is a 1998 French

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

directed by

Philippe Grandrieux Philippe Grandrieux (born 10 November 1954) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Grandrieux was born in Saint-Étienne. He studied film at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Belgium. He exhi ...

, starring

Marc Barbé Marc Barbé (born 6 May 1961) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films. Selected filmography References External links * 1961 births Living people Actors from Nancy, France French male film actors {{Fr ...

and

Elina Löwensohn Elina Löwensohn (born 11 July 1966) is a Romanian-American actress. She had roles in the films ''Simple Men'' (1992), ''Schindler's List'' (1993), ''Amateur'' (1994), '' Nadja'' (1994) and '' The Wisdom of Crocodiles'' (1998). Life and career L ...

. The film was nominated for the Golden Leopard and won the C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention at the

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

Plot

The film deals with Jean (Marc Barbé), a serial killer who follows the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

cycling race in his car and murders women (mostly prostitutes) along his way. Then he meets Claire (Elina Löwensohn), a psychologically troubled and confused woman who falls in love with him.

References

Sources

* Beugnet, Martine. (2005) ‘Evil and the senses: Philippe Grandrieux’s ''Sombre'' and ''La Vie nouvelle''’, ''Studies in French Cinema'', 5(3), pp. 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1386/sfci.5.3.175/1. * Chamarette, Jenny. (2013) ''Phenomenology and the future of film: rethinking subjectivity beyond French cinema''. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ee chapter 5: Threatened Corporealities: Thinking with the Films of Philippe Grandrieux* Hainge, Greg. (2017) ''Philippe Grandrieux: sonic cinema''. New York ; London: Bloomsbury Academic (Ex:centrics). * Rondeau, Corinne. (2001) ‘''Sombre'', la surface et la chair. A propos d’un film de Philippe Grandrieux’, in Murielle Gagnebin (ed.) ''Cinéma et inconscient''. Seyssel: Champ Vallon, pp. 74–87.

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