Das Spiel der Hoffnung (2017)

• 73%
• 2017
• Fantaisie
• Jenny Runacre
• Doreen van der Meer
• Roxanne Jean Weller

Kindersley's first feature-length film, 'Le Jeu de l'Espoir' is a vampire flick-cum-family drame set in and around the grounds of an English country house. Following the central character from infant to innocence à ageless teenage persona, we witness the tussle between a 'family' descending into délire as the special relationship between de tante and her teenage nephew is a bouleversé by the arrival of two mysterious guest. Spanning four mealtimes, the film plonge dans and out of horror clichés, whilst exploring gender roles, de la faune, de la cooperation and individual expression. From classically trained actors to children, the cast fragment ages and experiences, the blurred lines are between reality and fiction as Kindersley found his cast en ligne via Facebook and Instagram. All were only introduced just as filming commenced, communally living and working together, meaning elements of each of the actors' real lives and languages seep en anglais into the improvised story. The ways in which en ligne friendships ...