A scream, a phantom chalet, and Marion Cotillard in 16 minutes of pure mountain dread.
A strange, inhuman scream echoes around the high mountains, awakening two mountain climbers who have fallen asleep on top of a ridge. At the end of the day, the climbers take refuge in a chalet, which strangely enough, doesn't exist on their map. The owner, a mountain dweller with an enigmatic attitude, welcomes them in.
Cinematography
Crisp mountain vastness dwarfing human figures.
Sound
That scream — you'll remember it.
Acting
Cotillard's silent unease before she was famous.
Director
Mathieu Mercier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mercier made this as his graduation film from La Fémis; Cotillard was 23 and already magnetic.
Part of a 90s French short film wave obsessed with rural dread and bureaucratic horror — think Dupieux before Dupieux.
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