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Class Trip (1998)
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: Based on an acclaimed novel by Emmanuel Carrere, the French psycho-thriller CLASS TRIP plunges viewers into the mind of an emotionally damaged child. Nicholas (Clement van den Bergh) is a shy, socially isolated schoolboy teased by classmates, dominated by an overprotective father... Based on an acclaimed novel by Emmanuel Carrere, the French psycho-thriller CLASS TRIP plunges viewers into the mind of an emotionally damaged child. Nicholas (Clement van den Bergh) is a shy, socially isolated schoolboy teased by classmates, dominated by an overprotective father (Francois Roy), and frighteningly plagued by nightmarish visions of death and disaster. On a class trip to the French Alps, Nicholas finds himself befriended by the school bully Hodkann (Lokman Nalcakan), who is intrigued by his strange classmate's dreams and hallucinations. When local police find a dead child in the woods--murdered and horribly mutilated--Nicholas senses a connection between the crime and his visions, and sets out to find the killer with the help of his new friend. Writer/director Claude Miller (L'EFFRONTEE, ALIAS BETTY) makes perfect use of pristine cinematography and a haunting orchestral score to create a mournful meditation on the loss of childhood innocence. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Clement Van Den Bergh, Lokman Nalcakan, Francois Roy, Emmaneulle Bercot, Yves Verhoeven
Screenwriter: Claude Miller, Emmanuel Carrere
Producer: Annie Miller
Composer: Henri Texier
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 12, 2004
DVD Features:
- Region [unknown]
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
- Trailer
- Bonus Trailers
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Features
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Despite a strong beginning, the film is too narrowly focused, giving the impression that an adult POV has been imposed on the story of a traumatic childhood.
richly and atmospherically photographed. Miller makes excellent use of physical space and neatly combines reality and fantasy in a Buñuelesque fashion


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