Bestiaire 2013
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Denis Cote and Sylvain Corbell
Directed by Denis Cote
DVD , color, 72 min.
General Adult
Animal Behavior, Nature
Date Entered: 08/05/2015
Reviewed by Sandy Costanza D’Youville College, Buffalo, NYWhile the photography in this film is interesting the painfully slow action along with the non-existent plot make this a terrible film. Long minutes of sketching, followed by long minutes of watching the exhaust swirl on the side of a building, followed by long minutes of staring at a bull quickly has the viewer asking: “What in the world is this film about?”
Beautiful scenes of nature with animals in their natural habitat can be peaceful and rewarding to watch. Not so with Bestiaire. Three minutes into this film the viewer will be bored, distracted and glad they turned it off.