Any new David Cronenberg film is worth thinking about but this one - I'm not so sure I want to see it.
A new poster for the upcoming movie starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Sandrine Holt is unveiled for Cannes. The blurb for the movie goes like this: “Cassel will play Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory, as well as push him to new beginnings. Sandrine Holt plays a mysterious woman, the wife of a billionaire, who contacts Cassel’s Karsh about a strange project involving her husband.”
Why would anyone want to see their loved one slowly decompose? That just sounds gross. Also, what device is needed? Think about it, all you need is a glass cover.
Maybe there's more to this movie than I'm giving it credit for - I'm willing to be persuaded.
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A new poster for the upcoming movie starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Sandrine Holt is unveiled for Cannes. The blurb for the movie goes like this: “Cassel will play Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory, as well as push him to new beginnings. Sandrine Holt plays a mysterious woman, the wife of a billionaire, who contacts Cassel’s Karsh about a strange project involving her husband.”
Why would anyone want to see their loved one slowly decompose? That just sounds gross. Also, what device is needed? Think about it, all you need is a glass cover.
Maybe there's more to this movie than I'm giving it credit for - I'm willing to be persuaded.
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