Québécois Denis Côté’s (PÖFF’s guest 2017) film, “Wilcox” , is a remarkable experiment in the rendering of the complexity and mystery of the human essence, as it follows Wilcox (Guillaume Tremblay) in his muted drifting away from society. Shot mostly as a silent film, it is through the power of the image imaginatively crafted with the presence-and-absence of sound that Côté’s character study compellingly conveys Wilcox’s opacity whilst simultaneously exemplifying it.
As Wilcox’ story is framed within the names of others who in real life shared a similar path to his, “Wilcox” represents a sensitive homage to those souls who willingly submitted to the wild and their own disappearance.
Loreta Gandolfi
Wilcox
Wilcox
Genre
Drama, Road-movie
Director
Denis Coté
Run time
1h 6min
Genre
Drama, Road-movie
Director
Denis Coté
Run time
1h 6min
Québécois Denis Côté’s (PÖFF’s guest 2017) film, “Wilcox” , is a remarkable experiment in the rendering of the complexity and mystery of the human essence, as it follows Wilcox (Guillaume Tremblay) in his muted drifting away from society. Shot mostly as a silent film, it is through the power of the image imaginatively crafted with the presence-and-absence of sound that Côté’s character study compellingly conveys Wilcox’s opacity whilst simultaneously exemplifying it.
As Wilcox’ story is framed within the names of others who in real life shared a similar path to his, “Wilcox” represents a sensitive homage to those souls who willingly submitted to the wild and their own disappearance.
Loreta Gandolfi
As Wilcox’ story is framed within the names of others who in real life shared a similar path to his, “Wilcox” represents a sensitive homage to those souls who willingly submitted to the wild and their own disappearance.
Loreta Gandolfi
Info
Rating
(none)
Production year
2019
Global distributor
Inspiratrice & Commandant
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/17/2019