Experiment in Evil (1959 Renoir) [XviD - Ita Fra][TNTVillage]
Original title: Le testament du Docteur Cordelier
AKA: Experiment in Evil, Il testamento del Mostro
Language: Italian, French
Subtitles: Italian - Forced
Release Date: 1959
Genere: Noir, sci-fi, horror, drama
Cast: Teddy Bilis, Jacques Catelain, Andre' Certes, Didier D'yd, Jacques Danoville, Ghislaine Dumont, Micheline Gary, Raymond Jourdan, Sylvianne Margolle, Madeleine Marion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053348/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASWY3qy7xA
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Plot:
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This is a rather unusual but successful take on the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, that was first published in 1886.
In this French take on the story the story and settings are changed to the more 'modern' France of the '50's. But don't worry, they didn't changed the main character much, only his name. As a matter of fact Opal is perhaps far more brutal and a bad guy than his predecessors from earlier Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde movies.
The movie is more of a thriller and mystery movie than an horror. In that regard Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier already works as a surprising and effective movie. It provides the movie with some nice twists (especially obviously when you aren't yet familiar with the story of Jekyll & Hyde) and original moments. Yet the movie never truly manges to captivate the viewer with its story. It's too lacking in suspense for that.
Still Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier remains a far better than average movie. This is mainly due to its fine visual style which suits the movie well and the professional directing from acclaimed French movie-maker Jean Renoir.
Trama:
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Jean Renoir si ispira liberamente al racconto The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde di Robert Louis Stevenson trasferendone l'ambientazione nella Parigi contemporanea (una analoga modernizzazione l'aveva tentata nel 1951 anche Mario Soffici con il suo Dottor Jekyll).
Il protagonista, questa volta, non si chiama Jekyll ma Cordelier ed invece del sadico alter-ego Hyde c'è Mousieur Opale. La storia segue nelle linee essenziali l'intreccio reso familiare al pubblico dalle precedenti versioni cinematografiche, raccontando la tragica metamorfosi psico-fisica della quale è vittima volontaria un eminente scienziato, ma se ne allontana significativamente nel descrivere la personalità del protagonista. Cordelier non è quel genio generoso e altruista che potrebbe sembrare: le sue scelte sono imposte dal calcolo razionale, freddo e spregiudicato, di liberare l'irrefrenabile brutalità dell'istinto naturale. Mai come in questa occasione Cordelier ed Opale sono la stessa persona: una persona nella quale convivono confllittualmente bene e male, rispettabilità e inconfessate pulsioni alla trasgressione.
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Name: Experiment in Evil - Il Testamento del Mostro (1959 - Jean Renoir) [XviD - Ita Fra] by soad.avi
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