Anna Oz (1996)
This taut psychological chiller tells the twisted story of Anna, a woman living in Paris, whose dreams of her Venetian counterpart, a secretive young woman who lives in a fine palace with her brother and an enigmatic older man, become frighteningly real. Anna's world begins coming apart after she is picked up by the police for witnessing an awful crime she cannot remember seeing. When she realizes that her dream alter-ego is trying to kill her, only her lover Marc's calming and supportive influence can save her from madness.
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There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
"Anna Oz", what an odd movie... The screenplay holds most of the film weirdness and if you can bear the fact that you don't have to understand everything in a movie to enjoy it, then you're in for a pleasant surprise. Charlotte Gainsbourg is absolutely fascinating as Anna Oz and other cast performances give entire satisfaction (check the fabulous Emmanuelle Devos bits for instance). The movie's really cleverly directed and written, though some may not really understand what it's all about... Who cares ? "Anna Oz" is a brave, personal movie... Who doesn't need to see films like that. PS : It was a huge flop when released in France.