''Sombre'' is a 1998
French
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film
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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
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1961 births
Living people
Actors from Nancy, France
French male film actors
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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
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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.
Plot
The film deals with Jean (Marc Barbé), a serial killer who follows the
Tour de France 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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1998 films
1990s French-language films
Cycling films
New French Extremity films
1990s French films
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