Titane is the craziest movie of 2021. With a wonderful first act (maybe the biggest cinematic event of the year), the film wrap the viewer in a story that mixes bodily horror with the psychological madness of human beings. Through the various breaks in expectations, Ducournau seems to play with the viewer's intellect because when think they're understanding which way the story is heading, everything gets more confused, leading him to ask himself: What the f... is going on?
However, the first act is so attractive that it works like a main course, from a spectacular menu, at the beginning of the meal and having difficulty keeping up the pace from the second act until the end of the feature. But don't kid yourself! The film doesn't keeps boring, never, because the director bets on the psychological thriller that belongs a possible revelation of the protagonist and making the climate increasingly cold and dangerous.
Guided by the brilliant Agathe Rousselle's performance, Titane envelops the viewer in a psychotic wildness together with the characters, delivering even more madness as a climax. I still can't say if I liked the movie (there are many eccentric elements thrown on top of each other), but I can say: Titane is not a bad movie and deserves to be watched, even though it is often unavoidable to turn your face so you don't see what goes on in the screen. I'm serious: Some scenes are simply disturbing, in the most varied contexts.
So Titane does not make the profile that pleases the Academy and should not win the Best International Film's category. However, it would be absurd for Titane not to be awarded whit a nomination. Ducournau's work also deserves attention too: It would not be unfair to imagine that she can also be contemplated with this visibility in the Best Director's category of the Oscars. And I don't need to talk about Agatha's acting, she is the heart of this movie with brilliance! What an actress!
However, the first act is so attractive that it works like a main course, from a spectacular menu, at the beginning of the meal and having difficulty keeping up the pace from the second act until the end of the feature. But don't kid yourself! The film doesn't keeps boring, never, because the director bets on the psychological thriller that belongs a possible revelation of the protagonist and making the climate increasingly cold and dangerous.
Guided by the brilliant Agathe Rousselle's performance, Titane envelops the viewer in a psychotic wildness together with the characters, delivering even more madness as a climax. I still can't say if I liked the movie (there are many eccentric elements thrown on top of each other), but I can say: Titane is not a bad movie and deserves to be watched, even though it is often unavoidable to turn your face so you don't see what goes on in the screen. I'm serious: Some scenes are simply disturbing, in the most varied contexts.
So Titane does not make the profile that pleases the Academy and should not win the Best International Film's category. However, it would be absurd for Titane not to be awarded whit a nomination. Ducournau's work also deserves attention too: It would not be unfair to imagine that she can also be contemplated with this visibility in the Best Director's category of the Oscars. And I don't need to talk about Agatha's acting, she is the heart of this movie with brilliance! What an actress!