West Point

A stark, poetic family noir that drifts between memory and loss, demanding patience, offering mood over motion; intimate and quietly haunting.

Directed by

Laurence Rebouillon

Genres

Drama

Starring

Isabelle Ronayette, Bernard Cerf, Agnès Pontier

Overview

West Point is a 'film noir', a story of family and emigration. It's La Cabo da Rocha, Portugal, the western-most point of the European continent. Opposite the USA, it's a metaphor of Ellis Island. It's the street dances and it's the part of what has been forgotten that Alexander and his sister Jeanne must accept in order to break free from the original crime, the feeling of abandonment and the color of wheat.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, eerie and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Family, memory, grief, isolation

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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