The filmThe Innocentswas present to Gérardmer with his director Eskil Vogt with whom we had the pleasure to exchange. We had already enjoyed the film in Strasbourg where he had won the octopus gold. Do not hesitate to (re)read ourcritical for more information on this Norwegian feature film. After his arch at the Strange Festival,The Innocents raidAlso a double title in the Vosges with the price of the critic and that of the audience.The innocentis an icy film telling us the story of a bunch of children who discover supernatural powers. A human trial of child transgression and a real heartbeat that comes out on February 9.
Interview with Eskil Vogt at the Gérardmer Festival
Eskil Vogt - Director and screenwriter
Eskil Vogt (born 1974) is a Norwegian director and screenwriter. He graduated from La Fémis and co-scenarized withJoachim SortAll his films. In 2014, his first feature filmBlindhad been noticed in Sundance, where he had won the best screenplay prize, as well as at the Berlin festival in the Panorama section where he had won the LabelEuropa Cinemas.
Screenwriter
- 2001 : Stillby Joachim Trier (short film)
- 2002 : Procterby Joachim Trier (short film)
- 2003 : A hug
- 2006 : New dataof Joachim Trier
- 2011 : OsloandAugust 31of Joachim Trier
- 2014 : Blind
- 2015 : Black Homeby Jachim Trier
- 2017 : Thelmaof Joachim Trier
- 2021 : Julie in 12 chaptersof Joachim Trier
- 2021 : The Innocents
Filmography
- 2003 : A hug(short film)
- 2004 : Foreigners(short film)
- 2014 : Blind
- 2021 : The Innocents
Written criticism -The Innocents
Video review -The Innocents
[...] little erased by the plebiscites of The innocent and Ego, She Will was yet one of the selection pieces of the Gérardmer festival. This film [...]
[...] not to the cliché of angelic children » claimed director Eskyl Vogt (see our interview) who would certainly abound in the psychology of the cruel children of the Teeth of Happiness. [...]
[...] films. After Blind who highlighted the life of an isolated blind person, Eskil Vogt (see our interview) continues his exploration of the senses but also of disability. Children discover powers [...]