12/30/2023 0 Comments The hunted 2020Meanwhile, the hunter is being kicked out of the woods by every branch. Every moment she learns to eat and drink in the woods paints her as a woman of intuition and ability. Eve, herself, becomes one with the woods in a way she’d never be expected to. There are twists, turns, and bumps in the road hard to see coming that make room for new characters to crop up and join the game. What writer/director, Vincent Paronnaud, most known for his comic art, does so successfully is keep a cat-and-mouse game engaging the whole way through. Looking like a grown Red Riding Hood, Eve makes her way through the woods on an aimless journey for safety, while her attackers remain in desperate pursuit. Then it turns into a deranged tale of a woman refusing to be prey that bleeds from every orifice. A car accident gives her the opportunity to flea into the woods, setting off a hunt, the two men trying to get the woman in a red raincoat. After some attempted escapes and moments that feel like she might have a shot, Eve is back on route to her supposed demise. After inviting her to his car to make out, he locks Eve in with his accomplice (Ciaran O’Brien) and takes her on a ride. But this man, like the one before him, also doesn’t like being told what he can and can’t do. But soon, she meets a white knight, an unnamed man (Arieh Worthalter) who shoos the other away and brings fun to her dwindling evening. On her excursion, she’s approached by the typical relentless bar star, a man unwilling to take no for an answer. On a business trip, after the relatable experience of work-related strain, she decides to take herself out for a cocktail. Opening Huntedwith her spooky tale, the mother warns, “the company of wolves is better than that of men.” Therein the direction of where the film will take us, a fairy tale homage that gives us men as the villain, not of the big eared and sharped toothed canine.Įve (Lucie Debay) is a stressed-out working woman with a frustrating boss. For a mother and son on a trip through the woods, the tales of men and wolves take center stage. Fairy tales, grim and otherwise, make for the perfect campfire fodder.
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