Chrysalis - Deadly Memory
| Movie | |
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| German title | Chrysalis - Deadly Memory |
| Original title | Chrysalis |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Julien Leclercq |
| script | Julien Leclercq Franck Philippon |
| production | Franck Chorot |
| music | Jean-Jacques Hertz François Roy |
| camera | Thomas Hardmeier |
| cut | Thierry Hoss |
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Chrysalis is a French cyberpunk- style science fiction thriller from 2007. Director Julien Leclercq co-wrote the script with Franck Philippon. The film premiered on June 25, 2007 under the original title Chrysalis in Lille . It was released on DVD on February 2, 2009 in Germany . The authors used the horror film Eyes Without a Face by Georges Franju from 1960, as well as Chrysalis by Gaumont , as a template .
action
The film is set in the high-tech Paris of the future. The French secret service laboratory has developed a digitization process for human memory called Chrysalis . The subject's memory is wiped out so that memories and experiences of another person can be transmitted and stored. The former employee of the Bulgarian secret service and now a member of organized crime Dimitri Nicolov stole the device developed for it some time ago and is now renting it to the highest bidder.
The device is now in the surgical clinic of Prof. Brügen, a doctor specializing in telesurgery , whose 18-year-old daughter Manon has been in a coma since a car accident. Brügen tries to transfer Manon's digitized memories with the help of Chrysalis into the brain of a girl named Elena who was obtained by Nicolov and who lives illegally in France, after she has deleted her memories. Nicolov procures further “human material” for Chrysalis experiments, as Prof. Brügen is not yet satisfied with the progress made by Elena. When one of the victims (Tatjana) falls into a coma and dies, the coroner finds massive brain damage, small scratches on the eyelids and Nicolov's fingerprints after recovering the corpse.
The Paris policeman David Hoffmann still has an account of the serious criminal Nicolov, because his partner and colleague Sarah was brutally killed by Nicolov during a police operation. David manages to arrest Nicolov in a Paris factory and he is later given the opportunity to take revenge and kill Nicolov during a scuffle in a prison. Delighted too soon - David Hoffmann accidentally killed Nicolov's identical twin brother. So the feud continues. Nicolov assaults David Hoffmann in his private apartment and kidnaps him in order to have his memory wiped out in Prof. Brügen's clinic. He is then no longer viewed by Hoffmann as an opponent, so his hope. Since Prof. Brügen is dependent on Nicolov, she reluctantly takes on this task.
After the treatment, which essentially consists of electric shocks, David is left disoriented on the streets of Paris. Employees of the French secret service pick him up there and through medical examinations they can determine brain damage (similar to Tatjana's corpse) and seven small injuries to the eyelids, such as those caused by eye spreaders. David's colleague Marie should help him to find his memory again, because the device does not work 100% correctly. Particularly traumatic experiences (like the death of Sarah) may linger in the subconscious.
The memories are slowly returning. David and Marie drive to the clinic for research. There David finally succeeds in killing his adversary Nicolov and by the way freeing Manon from her "prison". He becomes her bodyguard while she has to find her way back to life.
background
The film production was realized by the oldest surviving film production company in the world, Gaumont . The shooting lasted 49 days and took place in the French capital Paris . The 80% indoor shots were made in a 1000 m² film studio in the Paris suburb of Bry-sur-Marne . The budget for the film was around 8.3 million euros.
Main actor Albert Dupontel took on the role of David Hoffmann on condition that he was allowed to perform all stunts himself. Before filming, he completed eight weeks of physical training under the guidance of his fellow actor Alain Figlarz. The head jump in the opening scene was shot on an artificial branch of the Seine and cost the main actor Albert Dupontel a great deal of effort. Despite his anxiety, the scene at the Ourcq Canal had to be repeated six times, which gave him light dizziness in the days that followed.
For director Julien Leclercq as an absolute fan of the film The Marathon Man , it was a must to make a film with Marthe Keller. Avatar was chosen as the film title in advance . But since James Cameron was already planning / had started a film project with this title , it had to be rescheduled. The role of Professor Brügen was initially written for a man. Preliminary talks were held with Tchéky Karyo .
Components for the props come from igus , among others .
Reviews
“Impressively equipped science fiction thriller in cyberpunk style with good actors; Fast-paced action entertainment that confirms the high standard of contemporary French action films. "
“Even if Julien Leclercq's directorial debut offers some highlights like a tough duel, the clichéd story (tough cops, crazy killers, wild conspiracies) hardly provides any surprises. Conclusion Styled killer hunt bathing in Hollywood clichés "
"Chrysalis" has a touch of "Blade Runner" to a solid effect and stunt battle in the steel-blue Besson design, and lead actor Dupontel cuts an impeccable figure as Jason Statham with a brain. "
“It's not exactly sci-fi noir, it's more sci-fi gris. Though it's gray both in the sense of a sharp suit and also in the sense of just plain drab. "
“This is not science fiction noir , but rather science fiction gris. Gray in the sense of an elegant suit, but also in the sense of cheap, flat and monotonous. "
Web links
- Chrysalis - Deadly memory in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Chrysalis - Deadly Reminder at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Chrysalis on film4.com (English)
- Chrysalis on allocine.fr (French)
- Chrysalis on Cinéma-Tv (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 10 background stories about Chrysalis on allocine.fr (French)
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=190
- ↑ Web presentation of the igus company , accessed on October 1, 2012
- ^ Chrysalis - Deadly Memory. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Chrysalis on cinema.de
- ↑ Chrysalis ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on video.de
- ↑ Chrysalis on film4.com (English)
