This is an interesting alien invasion story in which something strikes a lighthouse in the first moments of the film, then continuously expands to encompass the nearby environs, continually growing. Lena's husband returns from a year-long quest inside the perimeter, but he's changed, and she's recruited to go in as well to try to determine the source of the phenomenon. This movie kept you thinking the whole time, guessing what's going on. Nice ending, too.
Based on a story by Georges Simenon, this tells the story of Monsieur Hire, sort of a misfit whom everyone misunderstands, but whom no one likes. When a woman's body turns up in the park, those guilty conspire to frame him for the murder, and the townspeople go along because of their dislike for him.
I only watched the first half of this animated film because I disliked it so much. It tells the story of Luis Bu
ñuel's filming of a documentary in a poor section of Spain. Apparently, he didn't hesitate to recreate scenes to make them more dramatic, and these included ripping the head off a rooster, shooting goats to show them falling from a great height, and causing a donkey to be stung to death by bees. We quit watching in the middle of the goat scene. I don't know what would make someone want to make an animated film of such an unappealing set of events. This was based on a graphic novel (the appeal of which also escapes me). The animated film was interrupted by film from the original documentary, showing the rooster and goat scenes as well; it was very jarring, and quite unpleasant.
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