Neptune Frost
- 2021
- Tous publics
- 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.2K
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An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
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- Writer
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- Awards
- 3 wins & 18 nominations total
Diogène Ntarindwa
- Priest
- (as Diogene Intarindwa 'Atome')
Bertrand Ninteretse
- Matalusa
- (as Bertrand Ninteretse 'Kaya Free')
Eric Ngangare
- Potolo The Avatar
- (as Eric Ngangare '1Key')
Natasha Muziramakenga
- Binya
- (as Natacha Muziramakenga)
Eliane Umuhire
- Memory
- (as Eliane Umuhire)
Cecile Kayiregawa
- Head Nun
- (as Cécile Kayirebwa)
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The many themes of sexuality, capitalism, colonization, exploitation all tie up at the end when there's these sort of "lectures" . The music and the unique approach is great!
I knew precious little about this movie before watching it. I may know even less after having watched it...and yet I enjoyed it tremendously
My son had recommended I watch "Quilombo" and this movie could pair well with that. A swirl of sound and color, a story that feels epic with anti-colonial overtones.
While the movie pulses with resistance, traces an odd odyssey of a striking and transforming character. It is like a poem, one tends to feel it rather than follow it.
If reading the one line/three clause official description baffles you, and you don't mind being baffled hop on board this Afrofuturist modern mothership.
I likely will rewatch this again, ideally with one or both sons. I think someone could take various frames and make paintings of them. I was sort of expecting this was a crazed masterpiece of an African auteur from Rwanda, but I guess I better call Saul (Williams) out as the genius.
At times this made me think of Sahel musicians recording music on cell phone chips - that kind of collision of tribal and techno.
Unanimous Goldmine, indeed.
My son had recommended I watch "Quilombo" and this movie could pair well with that. A swirl of sound and color, a story that feels epic with anti-colonial overtones.
While the movie pulses with resistance, traces an odd odyssey of a striking and transforming character. It is like a poem, one tends to feel it rather than follow it.
If reading the one line/three clause official description baffles you, and you don't mind being baffled hop on board this Afrofuturist modern mothership.
I likely will rewatch this again, ideally with one or both sons. I think someone could take various frames and make paintings of them. I was sort of expecting this was a crazed masterpiece of an African auteur from Rwanda, but I guess I better call Saul (Williams) out as the genius.
At times this made me think of Sahel musicians recording music on cell phone chips - that kind of collision of tribal and techno.
Unanimous Goldmine, indeed.
Watching this felt exactly like what it feels like to be the only sober person in a club full of drunk people. If you've ever been a designated driver and had to listen to the cooing and obnoxious behaviors of drunk people, that is the equivalent to what watching this movie felt like. This movie was an incoherent acid trip, but not in a fun way. Unnamed characters, with no dialogue, would look at the camera and have post processing special effects applied to them with the same quality you'd expect in a high school film class. Except the high school film class would at least add dialogue and a coherent plot.
I waited optimistically for this film to make sense. You cling to the hope that, if you suffer through 20 minutes of the oddity that you would be rewarded with something that makes it all click into place. But that thing never comes. This movie remains the same pointless spectacle from beginning to end, except at least in the beginning the spectacle is interesting. By the time the audience makes it 5 minutes into the movie, the visual spectacle isn't even interesting anymore.
I waited optimistically for this film to make sense. You cling to the hope that, if you suffer through 20 minutes of the oddity that you would be rewarded with something that makes it all click into place. But that thing never comes. This movie remains the same pointless spectacle from beginning to end, except at least in the beginning the spectacle is interesting. By the time the audience makes it 5 minutes into the movie, the visual spectacle isn't even interesting anymore.
I watched this film with 3 of my friends. 4 of us together, all young white guys, and we all liked it.
I especially LOVED IT! <3
This is a unique, creative masterpiece of a film. It's artsy, experimental, clearly limited budget - but it all works out great.
Sure, there's little plot. But not every movie needs a plot to be good, some movies are just great pieces of art, an experience - and this is one of those.
I can promise you, as far as such promises are possible, that you have never seen anything like it before. And as a development in the new genre of Afrofuturism, I personally believe that this movie could be a pivotal moment in the history of African film. A pioneer to inspire others about what can be made.
Don't judge this movie by any standards you're familiar with (especially Hollywood). View it through the lense of something new, fresh, exciting, and I'm sure most would agree with me that this is something truly special. An experience absolutely worth watching.
I especially LOVED IT! <3
This is a unique, creative masterpiece of a film. It's artsy, experimental, clearly limited budget - but it all works out great.
Sure, there's little plot. But not every movie needs a plot to be good, some movies are just great pieces of art, an experience - and this is one of those.
I can promise you, as far as such promises are possible, that you have never seen anything like it before. And as a development in the new genre of Afrofuturism, I personally believe that this movie could be a pivotal moment in the history of African film. A pioneer to inspire others about what can be made.
Don't judge this movie by any standards you're familiar with (especially Hollywood). View it through the lense of something new, fresh, exciting, and I'm sure most would agree with me that this is something truly special. An experience absolutely worth watching.
Take Sun Ra's Space is the Place. Update it to modern day Africa. It runs like Powaqaatsi if that movie had an actual plot. Combine liberally with costumes and makeup reminiscent of Liquid Sky. Add in a teaspoon of 2001. A dash of Viridiana. Fold in liberal amounts of Marxist poetry. Beware, it's a musical. Probably the only sci-fi-ish musical ever attempted. The musical parts often drag on in parts, especially the anti-Imperialism poetry jams. However, it's well worth the watch for all the color! Contains enough gender bending to qualify as a product of the 21st century. WTF did I just watch, will be your reaction upon the conclusion. Tunes reminiscent of Aphex Twin, Deep Forest, and the Red Army Choir. Destined to become a cult favorite in 20 years or so.
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- Also known as
- 해왕성 로맨스
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $193,875
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,527
- Jun 5, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $209,934
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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