Mortal Transfer
{{short description|2001 film by Jean-Jacques Beineix}}
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{{infobox film
| name = Mortel Transfert
| image = MortelTransfert.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jean-Jacques Beineix
| producer = Reinhard Kloos
| writer = Jean-Jacques Beineix
| based_on = {{Based on|Mortel Transfert|Jean-Pierre Gattégno}}
| starring = Jean-Hugues Anglade
Hélène de Fougerolles
| music = Reinhardt Wagner
| cinematography = Benoît Delhomme
| editing = Yves Deschamps
Kako Kelber
| distributor = UGC Fox Distribution
| released = {{Film date|2001|1|10|df=y}}
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = France
Germany
| language = French
| budget = $8.1 million
| gross = $2 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2190|title=Mortel Transfert (2001)- JPBox-Office|last=JP|website=www.jpbox-office.com}}
}}
Mortel Transfert (also known as Mortal Transfer){{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mortel_transfert |title=Mortal Transfer |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=9 April 2025}} is a 2001 thriller film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jean-Pierre Gattégno. The music was provided by Reinhardt Wagner, the composer of Roselyne and the Lions.{{Cite book |first=Phil |last=Powrie |title=Jean-Jacques Beineix |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2001}} It was Beineix's final theatrical film before his death.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/16/jean-jacques-beineix-obituary |title=Jean-Jacques Beineix obituary |website=The Guardian |first=Ryan |last=Gilbey |date=16 January 2022 |access-date=9 April 2025}}
Plot
A psychoanalyst is conversing with one of his patients and dozes off while she is talking. When he wakes up, she is lying dead on the couch, forcing him to dispose of her body without getting seen. Moreover, her husband suspects her of stealing money from him.
Cast
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Michel Durand
- Hélène de Fougerolles as Olga Kubler
- Miki Manojlovic as Erostrate
- Valentina Sauca as Hélène Maier
- Robert Hirsch as Armand Slibovic
- Yves Rénier as Max Kubler
- Catherine Mouchet as The professor of maths
- Denis Podalydès as Commissioner Chapireau
- Riton Liebman as The disc-jockey
- Laurent Bateau as The young depressive man
Release
The film was screened in the Panorama section at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/mortal-transfer/awards |title=Mortal Transfer (2001) - Awards & Festivals |website=Mubi |access-date=9 April 2025}}
Reception
Benny Crick of Screen International described the film as "a disappointingly minor excursion into black comedy-cum-psycho-thriller territory." He added, "Taken at its most undemanding level of entertainment, the film's macabre farce and its cast of eccentrics are mildly amusing, but Beineix is unable to fuse the story's psychoanalytical trappings and the clunky graveside humour."{{Cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/mortal-transfer/404967.article |title=Mortal Transfer |website=Screen International |first=Benny |last=Crick |date=10 February 2001 |access-date=9 April 2025}} Lisa Nesselson of Variety stated, "By modern standards, helmer's visual approach no longer seems so fresh and daring, but the level of craft is still unmistakable, and wintry streets with convincing fake snow contribute to the chilly atmosphere."{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/mortal-transfer-1200466421/ |title=Mortal Transfer |website=Variety |first=Lisa |last=Nesselson |date=14 January 2001 |access-date=9 April 2025}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/07/25/mortal-transfer-shrink-trapped/25f0d801-2632-4867-acec-b19e7d394cc1/ |title='Mortal Transfer': Shrink Trapped |website=The Washington Post |first=Desson |last=Howe |date=25 July 2003}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0239670}}
{{Jean-Jacques Beineix}}
Category:French thriller films
Category:German thriller films