Titane

Titane

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

  • Released: 2021-07-14
  • Runtime: 108 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Thrillers
  • Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé, Marin Judas, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello, Céline Carrère, Adèle Guigue, Thibault Cathalifaud, Dominique Frot, Lamine Cissokho, Florence Janas, Frédéric Jardin, Olivia Venner, Thibault Villette, Nathalie Boyer, Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli, Théo Hellermann, Anaïs Fabre
  • Director: Julia Ducournau
 Comments
  • norbert-plan-618-715813 - 19 April 2024
    Unique, harsh, sensitive souls abstain, but human, that's the film's strength.
    A film about monsters. Where Julia Ducournau succeeds is in linking the different stories together: Agathe Rousselle's peregrinations as a killer, then her escape; her meeting with Vincent Lindon and their life together; then Vincent Lindon's slide into madness (if it wasn't already there), monstrosity or something else.

    Julia Ducournau succeeds in her gamble with an enthralling, dazzling ensemble that blends horror with empathy. After showing her monstrous, empathy-less character, her meeting with Vincent Lindon humanizes her, or so little, but manages to make us empathize, first with Vincent Lindon's character, then with her, as she seems to find some semblance of satisfaction in her relationship with this fireman, lost or mad or under chemical influence, who takes her in (for a reason we won't divulge), but who revives the story.

    The decision to always show from the point of view of Agathe Rousselle's character is the right one. We never see the police searching for her (apart from the spotlight on the TV screen). We're not interested. And everything suggests that the outcome of the story can only be tragic. But for what?

    Julia Ducournau's talent is to have created an unclassifiable, unique film, unprecedented (even by David Cronenberg), a powerful, disturbing work of art brut that doesn't provoke debate (you either love it or hate it), but makes you think. The film's strength lies in the fact that it doesn't explain where the characters come from, and doesn't allow us to guess where they're going. A masterpiece.
  • Stevieboy666 - 13 November 2023
    Strange, violent, shocking and memorable but just falls short of being impressive
    A young girl called Alexia distracts her father whilst he is driving, the car crashes and she has to undergo emergency brain treatment (very gory) which involves having a titanium plate inserted into her head (hence the film's title). Now a young woman she is an exotic dancer at a car show, when left alone with a Cadillac she has sex with the automobile and becomes pregnant! When she attempts to do a self abortion (quite shocking) oil instead of blood comes out of her. She also happens to be a spree killer. On the run she disguises herself as a missing boy, Adrien, and is taken in by the boy's father, a fire chief and steroid user. If you don't speak fluent French or don't like reading subtitles then I suggest you jog on to something else. When shown on TV Titane came with an adults only warning, yes there is plenty of sex, nudity, violence and gore though I have seen stronger stuff. The plot is bizarre though I found it reasonably easy to follow. The movie is well made and the acting is good. I do enjoy extreme French cinema and found this to be an interesting and memorable watch but I think it highly unlikely that I would want to give it a second viewing. My overall opinion was that it was fairly good but not quite good enough.