Back in September, the first images from LIVID – Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s follow-up to INSIDE – were released. At the time, the film had just commenced principal photography, and outside of its synopsis, not a whole lot was known about it… Well, after a tiny bit of digging, I’ve found some interesting info on the film, including the full cast and a statement from the directors. Also, a neat behind-the-scenes pic!
First, a refresher on the plot: It’s young Lucy’s first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel’s treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever…
The cast includes Chloé Coulloud (as Lucy), Marie-Claude Pietragalla (as Mrs. Jessel), Félix Moati (as William) and Jérémy Kapone (as Ben). Below, you can see a photo of the three young stars clowning for the camera. (I’m guessing those faces will be much more solemn when the secrets of LIVID are ultimately revealed.) The film will also reunite the directors with their INSIDE villainess, Béatrice Dalle, who plays Lucy’s mother..
Over at Motion Sponsor I’ve found a statement from the filmmakers regarding their motivations behind LIVID. Be warned, there some spoilers regarding the true nature of the story… (Forgive the grammar; the text was translated from French.)
“Conceived as a fairy tale touch of black poetry macabre Livid allows us to address one of the founding myths of the fantastic culture, but one of the vampire in a different light, that of its deep isolation by the world of the living and
despair arising from its abysmal lack of love …
A vampire hijacked, “re-invented” as far as can be this character who is one of
most known and used the register of terror. We’re committed to follow
a direction towards credibility without losing sight of the dreamlike quality associated with our
subject. So his immortality becomes a simple extension of the duration of life, cremation
instant to the light of day is a slow loss of the vital substance accompanied
the gradual deterioration of the skin, or even the absence of reflection in the mirrors
moved here in the absence of facial feature, joining the original idea of loss of identity …
Point cloves of garlic, then, or a crucifix in Pale, our vampire is above all a being cursed
deeply human but condemned to darkness.
Our heroine will live here a real journey of initiation that unlike the classical pathway,
will bring it to pass to the other side of the mirror and dive into the deepest distress.
This final will be visually consistent with the rest of the film since it gives a terrible
totally dreamlike vision, capable of a lasting memory of the spectators.”
LIVID will be released in 2011.
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