Forum of Independents - Competition 2015 / Outre ici / Belgium 2015
A desolate mountainous region, a young couple exhausted from a long journey, an abandoned house discovered by chance, and finally the arrival of a mysterious stranger speaking an unfamiliar language – the director defly employs these ingredients to create suspense in a psychological drama compressed by time and space.
A young couple have been trekking for three months in a desolate mountainous region when they chance upon an abandoned house containing supplies of food and drink. Having only planned a short break there, Basile wants to continue his visionary quest to find Tolkien’s secret city of Gondolin, but Léa settles into the comfortable surroundings and insists on staying awhile. The days pass in pleasant inactivity, nevertheless, Basile, restless and haunted by nightmares, fearfully looks on as snow starts to fall on the mountain pass they will have to negotiate. One day a weather-beaten man turns up at the house, a hunter clearly used to walking in these severe conditions, but he speaks an unfamiliar language... The viewer might anticipate the customary plot developments involving three characters cut off from the outside world, yet the director doesn’t play this hand. He demonstrates that even without such devices he is able to create extreme tension, which heightens the atmosphere of pervasive hidden danger built upon frequent silences, lingering shots of cloud clusters and the towering mountain range, and the unsettling tones of an electric guitar.
Zdena Škapová
72 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Hugo Bousquet
/ Screenplay Hugo Bousquet
/ Dir. of Photography Fiona Braillon
/ Music Joris Vidal, Goulven Derrien
/ Editor Jeanne Plassier
/ Art Director Delphine Laloy
/ Producer Hugo Bousquet
/ Cast Yoan Robin, Leslie Bouchet, Frédéric Evrard
/ Contact Hugo Bousquet
Hugo Bousquet (b. 1982, Rodez, France) initially studied fine art at schools in Toulouse and Angoulême and then attended the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Belgium, where he graduated in 2010 with the short fantasy story Tangente, about a bizarre tangle of relationships between several characters. Beyond Here, shot high up in the Swiss Alps, is his feature film debut. In addition to his own projects, he is also a location scout. He divides his time between Brussels and the department of Aveyron in the French Pyrenees.
Hugo Bousquet
E-mail: [email protected]
Hugo Bousquet
Film Director
Jeanne Plassier
Film Editor
Leslie Bouchet
Actress
Fiona Braillon
Director of Photography
Fréderic Evrard
Actor
Eric Franssen
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