The relationship between friends is very mysterious. At first glance, it seems unbreakable, but sometimes it is like a cracked egg that cannot stand scrutiny at all.
Number Seven Score: 7.27
Synopsis
Vincent (played by Philip Pettus) is an architectural designer. He left the room in the attic part of a building he designed for his own use, and distributed the keys of the room to four friends as a place to cheat .
Vincent set a rule that the secret of the attic can only be shared by five people, and must not be told to others, let alone their wives.
According to the agreement, today’s user is Luc (Bruno Waden Brooke) , and he brought food to the attic early in the morning.
After opening the door and entering, Luc was stunned by everything in front of him. There was a female corpse in the room, with blood soaking through the sheets.
Frightened, he quickly called the four people and asked them to come to the scene as soon as possible.
Soon, everyone arrived, but no one admitted that he did it by himself.
But only the five people present had the key to the attic, and someone must have lied .
So they began to blame and suspicion each other, and gradually, everyone told their secrets .
Chris (Ken de Bouver) is a psychiatrist. He has been in a bad relationship with his wife and wanted to get a divorce a long time ago.
At a dinner, he met Ann (Verla Beatan) , the mayor's assistant , and quickly became interested in her.
After several exchanges between the two, Chris took Ann to the attic to bed.
After this time, he found that he was in love with Ann, and even offered to marry her, but Ann became more and more cold.
In order to show his sincerity, Chris gave her the key to the attic to prove that he was the only woman.
Philip (Matias Schnell) is Chris' half-brother. Because of his father's domestic violence, he has lived in a children's orphanage since he was a child and has developed some bad habits.
Although he married the daughter of a wealthy real estate businessman not long ago, he is still idle, pornography, gambling and drugs.
Chris and Vincent discovered not long ago that he was taking drugs in the attic and torturing a prostitute.
So when this kind of thing happened, everyone thinks that Philip's suspicion is the biggest.
Manix (Cohen de Grave) usually talks a lot and loves to drink. Although he is not courageous, he has also cheated under the influence of alcohol.
Once Manix, Vincent and Luc met the girls Anya and Sarah in a bar.
After drunk and chaotic, Manix slept with Anya, but he did not expect that Anya was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Not only kept pestering him, but also stabbed the matter to his wife, causing the two to separate.
Manix loves his wife very much. He cried and begged Vincent to intercede, and the relationship between husband and wife got better.
Seeing everyone telling their secrets, Vincent can only admit it.
This corpse is the girl Sarah I met in the bar last time, but he still doesn't admit that he is related to Sarah's death...
Film Analysis
As a suspense film, "Attic" is attractive enough. Although the rhythm is not fast, the suspense runs through it . Almost from the beginning of the film, it has been deciphered. It is not until the last moment that we know all the truth. And the director has set multiple reversals. The plot is enough to make the movie watching process climax one after another.
The shortcoming of the film is that the characters’ motivations are not enough to make us believe the story. It is as if the result is determined first, then the story is put on, and the story is reversed in order to reverse it. It is "unexpected" but not "reasonable" . For example, if a man falls in love with a woman, just because the other person refuses, he will kill her if he fails to get it, and then blame the man she loves. I think such a story is unreasonable.
Someone might say that this man is a pervert. Isn’t it strange what a pervert does? Yes, he can be a pervert, but I didn’t feel the film’s foreshadowing to lead to the ending. The feeling of a really good reversal ending should be a sudden realization. Looking back at the movie, we will find that the director has laid a lot of foreshadowing, and " "The Loft" gave me the first feeling, "I'll go, this is okay?"
The story in the film itself is not complicated. It is nothing more than a place where several good friends share an affair. One day a naked female body is found in this place. Who is the murderer? Movies like this guessing the murderer often have a fixed routine, that is, a group of people gather to talk about their past, and this unbearable past will have a certain connection with the deceased. "Loft" is no exception. A few good friends chatted and discovered that the relationship between everyone is not as strong as expected, because everyone will hide secrets that they never share with others .
Among friends, Vincent is the image of righteousness . When a friend is in trouble, he will be the first to think of him. For example, Manix asked him to help if something happened, and Chris' brother also went to the scene with him when he had an accident. Manix is an image of daring to speak but not to act . He talks a lot at ordinary times, but it feels like the kind of counsel who only dares to move his lips.
Chris is an upright image. When Vincent gave the key, he was the only one who refused. Nick was an obedient image. He gave me the feeling that he would accompany my friends to do anything, and most importantly, he would not overpower the guests. Philip is a young and promising image, handsome in appearance and married to the daughter of a rich man. But what we didn't expect was that all of this was just their disguise. The real them are very different from what they appear to be . The film has already shown very specific, so I will stop at it in order to avoid spoilers.
In short, I think this movie talks about two points. The first is the relationship between good friends . Sometimes it is not as unbreakable as we thought. In reality, deception and betrayal abound. The second is "If you want people to know it, you can't do anything by yourself." It is mentioned several times in the film, "It's so cool to cheat, and it's very miserable to get caught." Of course, such people will pay the price, because once people start to make mistakes, they will add mistakes, and one day they will be exposed. At that time, no one will believe you anymore. After all , the person who is the easiest to deceive must be I trust you most.
There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and some things will be revealed one day. Only then will you understand how no one believes it.
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