Night Detour

Athick,darknightfurtivelypiercedbythelightofabulbthatinstantlygoesoff.ThisishowweenterNightDetour,asensualdriftintwomovements,whosekeymotifsaredarknessanddisappearance.ThestoryissetinaheavenlyvillageontheMexicanwestcoast.TothewestisthePacificOcean,immense,ominous,tumultuous,andontheoppositesideisthejungle,lush,thickandpopulatedbyallsortsofanimals.VioletaMartinezwasbornthere.Shewasayoungfigure-skaterwhodisappearedoneday–apieceofnewsservingasanexcuseforadriftingjourney–withaCanadianjournalisttryingtotraceher.Wehardlyseethejournalist,onlyherback,orfromadistance,morphingintothehotandmuffledatmosphere,asshenarratesherongoinginvestigation,followingtheserpentinelinesofmythsandlocalstories.Natives,tourists,hippiesstrandedonthebeach:allarepreytoasortofnumbnessandallseemtohavelosttheirmemorywhenitcomestoreminisceaboutVioleta.For,“standingherefacingthesea,youforgeteverything,don’tyou?”Carriedforwardbyasynthetic,enchantingand70s-stylesoundtrack,Desvíodenochetapsintothecodesofthefantasticandnoirfilmsallthebettertogenerateconfusionbetweenrealityandfiction.Thecameraisadiscreetdetectivethatglidesslowly,observingfromafar,searchingforcluesthroughpersonalfeudsoramongthefoliage.Followingtheitineraryoftwomenwithwind-andweather-beatenfaces,thenarratorandjournalistpushesintotheforest.Almostonehourintothefilm,upontheactualdetourinthenight(Desvíodenoche),thetitleappearanceonscreenisnotadisruptionbutitrathermarkstheabsorptionofcharactersintotherecessesofthejunglewhereallsenseofperspectivedisappears.Wordlessly,througharumbling,ubiquitousnature,thefilmregistersthepassagefromoneworldtotheother,invitingspectatorstogetlostinit.<br/>　　源自：<ahref=&quothttps://www.douban.com/link2/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffidmarseille.org%2Fen%2Ffilm%2Fdesvlo-de-nochenight-detour%2F&link2key=f29bca37c2&quottarget=&quot_blank&quotrel=&quotnofollow&quot>https://fidmarseille<wbr/>.org/en/film/desvlo-<wbr/>de-nochenight-detour<wbr/>/</a>