Black Heaven (film)

Movie
German title	Black Heaven
Original title	L'autre monde
Country of production	France Belgium
original language	French
Publishing year	2010
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Gilles Marchand
script	Gilles Marchand Dominik Moll
music	Emmanuel D'Orlando Anthony Gonzalez
camera	Celine Bozon
cut	Nelly Quettier
occupation
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet : Gaspard Louise Bourgoin : Audrey Pauline Étienne : Marion Melvil Poupaud : Vincent Pierre Niney : Yann Ali Marhyar : Ludo Patrick Descamps : Marion's father Pierre Vittet : Marion's brother Swann Arlaud : Dragon Franck Merenda : Samos Mohamed Diakite : owner of the internet café

Black Heaven (original title L'autre monde , means to transport someone to the afterlife ) is a Franco-Belgian thriller by Gilles Marchand from 2010.

action

The newly in love Gaspard and Marion witness an attempted double suicide, which the attractive Audrey barely survives in contrast to her companion. Gaspard finds out that Audrey spends most of her time doing an obscure online role-playing game. Captivated by the mysterious aura that surrounds Audrey, Gaspard is drawn into the game too. He falls in love with her and turns away from Marion.

Too late he notices that Audrey is just a puppet of her sadistic brother Vincent, who uses her avatar in role play to seduce people to commit suicide and to watch them. When Gaspard tries to free her from her brother's clutches, Vincent lures him into a trap. Vincent tries to fake Gaspard's suicide on a skyscraper roof, but before that happens, Audrey leaps to her death. Paralyzed by his sister's suicide, Vincent leaves the house without a word and is arrested a little later. Gaspard solemnly begs Marion for forgiveness.

Reviews

“The potential dangers of anonymity on the Internet are dealt with in a dark and effective way in Marchand's Black Heaven . An intelligent thriller that is a bit difficult to get going, but that convinces in the end. "

- Ray Bennett in The Hollywood Reporter

background

The film premiered out of competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2010 and was released in theaters on July 14 of the same year.

In Germany, the film was released on DVD on August 5, 2011 by Koch Media .

Web links

• Black Heaven in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Black Heaven in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Black Heaven . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2011 (PDF; test number: 127 355 V).
2. ^ Black Heaven - Film Review , Hollywood Reporter, October 14, 2010