The Barber - The Secret of Revelstoke
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Barber - The Secret of Revelstoke |
| Original title | The Barber |
| Country of production | Canada , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Bafaro |
| script | Michael Bafaro, Warren Low |
| production |
Melanie Kilgour , Petros Tsaparas , Evan Tylor |
| music | Peter Allen |
| camera | Adam Sliwinski |
| cut | Grace Yuen |
| occupation | |
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The Barber - The secret of Revelstoke (OT: The Barber ) is a Canadian - British thriller by Michael Bafaro from the year 2001 .
action
Dexter Miles , a hairdresser, lives in Revelstoke , a small, inhospitable town in Alaska . During the polar night , just before Christmas, the body of Lucy Waters, a local woman, is found there. Miles is upset when he hears about it. Acting as the narrator, he talks about psychopaths and cold-blooded, unscrupulous serial killers .
Lucy's jealous husband is arrested as a suspect, but then released because the fingerprints do not match. In the course of the investigation, Lucy's buyability for money comes to light. Police chief Vance Corgan is among her numerous lovers.
The FBI -Agent Crawley comes to take over the city to the investigation. More murders are committed. Local residents accuse Chief Corgan, who suffers from personal problems, of incompetence. Corgan is removed from his post. More FBI agents are coming to town. The FBI believes the perpetrator is the same serial killer who was wanted in another city decades ago.
Corgan detects the real culprit through unauthorized investigations by comparing fingerprints on the corpses with the distinctive fingerprint on a drinking glass, a Christmas present from the hairdresser. He accuses Miles, but nobody takes him seriously. He is shot from behind by Cecil Waters, the unfortunate widower, because everyone thinks he is the murderer. A DNA examination of hair found at the scene had indicated Corgan as the perpetrator. Nobody suspects that the hairdresser left the wrong track. The autopsy doctor who uses the fingerprints to determine Corgan's innocence is stabbed by Miles.
Miles sells the barber shop to retire and move away. FBI agent Crawley, like everyone else, has no suspicion of him when he leaves town unmolested.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an " intelligently developed thriller with brilliant actors ". He does not rely on " action or spectacular murders ", but captivates " with the smug, atmospheric portrayal and curious characters ". The similarity with the television series Twin Peaks is " obvious ".
Awards
The screenwriters and Erin Wright won the Canadian Leo Award in 2002 . The six nominations for the same award included those for direction by Michael Bafaro, for the soundtrack by Peter Allen, for the cinematography by Adam Sliwinski and for the portrayal by Garwin Sanford. The film was nominated for a 2002 Directors Guild of Canada award.
background
The film was in Revelstoke ( British Columbia ) and in Vancouver rotated. Its production amounted to an estimated one million US dollars .
Web links
- The Barber - The secret of Revelstoke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Barber - The secret of Revelstoke at Rotten Tomatoes (English)