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Primitifs

Original title: Sasquatch Sunset
  • 2024
  • R
  • 1h 28m
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5.4/10
5.8K
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Primitifs (2024)
A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.
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A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.

  • Directors
    • David Zellner
    • Nathan Zellner
  • Writer
    • David Zellner
  • Stars
    • Jesse Eisenberg
    • Riley Keough
    • Christophe Zajac-Denek
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    5.8K
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    • Directors
      • David Zellner
      • Nathan Zellner
    • Writer
      • David Zellner
    • Stars
      • Jesse Eisenberg
      • Riley Keough
      • Christophe Zajac-Denek
    • 76User reviews
    • 87Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Christophe Zajac-Denek
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    Nathan Zellner
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      • Nathan Zellner
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    8Irene212

    There's a sort of trick to watching this movie

    It's possible to see "Sasquatch Sunset" at an almost anthropological level, with four humanoid creatures in a series of scenes with them eating, fornicating, walking, defecating, sleeping, etc. That could be boring.

    But start with the early scene of two of them chewing on grasses in an alpine meadow-- and think of it as breakfast. This is the start of their day. After that you're watching what their daily life is like, and it is familiar. Soon an interstitial title appears, "Spring," and the time scale has opened to a year. Eventually, you stop thinking about the timeline and start thinking about the fragility of existence.

    There is no backstory, but the quartet is taken to be the last of their species-- and they know it. They have a signal to call for help: banging a fallen branch against a tree trunk in a series of four distinct sounds that echo through the forest. It tells us that they were once part of a clan, and a tribe, members of whom have died in the recent past. Perhaps there were five Sasquatch a year ago, or ten. Every death brings them closer to extinction, and every time their SOS isn't answered, it's a reminder that they are alone.

    The movie is brilliantly structured, with credible costuming, able performances, and a score that pretty successfully mixes folk and New Age-y forms.

    But my favorite parts have to do with the glimmers of intelligence and progress. We see nascent engineering skills when a log traps one of them. One member has the urge to count things, but without numbers he has trouble keeping track past two or three. At one point he holds a fossil or rock that petrified into rows of ripples, interrupted in the middle by a dark horizontal flaw. He begins counting down from the flaw, struggling to find a way to keep track, and you realize that someday he may notice there are ripples both above and below the flaw, which will require negative numbers.

    But the best scene, by far, is when they happen upon a road in their forest. Do your brain a favor; see the movie.
    6RegalsReelView

    Can go either way.

    A "nature" film follows four Sasquatch living in their habitat. Going through the natural cycle of the seasons and mating season, they travel through the woods. As they migrate across the region, they sense a change, encounter strange things, and experience tragedy.

    This movie is supposed to be a comedy, which may be appropriate if you are really into dark humor. However, the movie has no dialogue, which can cause your attention to drift. Quite a few WTF moments will make you laugh and take a moment. The movie's underlying premise is how humans affect the environment and natural habits. This movie is not for everyone, but it will impress you if you can get through it. Stream it for something different.
    6alexanderliljefors

    I dont know really

    Been looking forward to this for a while!

    Definitely one of the most unique and among the most wierdest films i have ever watched in my life. And the wierd thing is that i can't describe it if its good (and actually in some ways artistic), serious or more like a parody comedy.

    It's extremely well acted, must have been very difficult to act like this, but at the same time some scenes is way too much and makes it look like a parody. In some ways its primitive realistic and humorous as a follow up. The masks and make up is very well made.

    I think its the first film ive watched where theres no spoken dialogue which makes is more realistic.

    Filming is definitely very good.

    Something uou havent ever seen before. Brings the concept of the mysterious Big Foots, to a whole new perspective and meaning.

    It definitely has something i like, but more difficult to explain what it is.

    Its not good, but it isn't bad.
    6cinemapersonified

    Decent Movie

    Rating: 6.1 Overall, a decent film that mimics a nature documentary as we use to lens of the camera to look into the lives of sasquatches and how they parallel humans, but this movie was not really for me because of the excessive use of bodily fluids and grotesque comedy.

    Decent to Pretty Good Direction (The direction on a macroscale is pretty good as they set the scenic shots well and show the beauty in secluded nature; the direction on a microscale is decent as they get a lot out of their actors through action-based acting (because there's no dialogue); storytelling is very slice-of-life (making it feel somewhat like a documentary), but there are some moments where they try to move the story forward)), Pretty Good Acting (Pretty Good from the cast (The whole cast acted as a unit to portray Sasquatches going about their day, and showed how they do have a good amount of humanity to them)), Decent to Pretty Good Story (The concept is interesting as it's a slice of life look into sasquatches (which helps give them humanity and show parallels to humans); the plot structure is not really present as the movie tries to be mostly slice of life, while also shoving in shock and grotesque humor; flow between sequences is pretty bad as lot of the movie feels disjointed; character writing is decent as it helps show the parallels between humans and sasquatches), Decent Screenplay (the humor is pretty overt as they try super hard to shock and show grotesque subjects (with this sometimes hitting and sometimes not); the symbolism is decent as it's about looking at humanity from the lens of Sasquatch; the foreshadowing is nonexistent), Pretty Good Score (Used well in the establishing shots), Pretty Good to Good Cinematography (Used well in the scenic/nature shots as it helped make the movie seem like a documentary), Pretty Good Editing (The way they cut the movie gave it a nature doc feel), Pretty Good Sound (Helped show the actions of the characters), Decent Visual Effects (Uses Practice effects well), Pretty Good Production Design (The nature setting is nice and helps show the wilderness), Very Good Makeup (Good use of full body makeup), Makeup (Good use of full body makeup), Very Good Costumes (Good use of costumes to make the actors look like sasquatches), Costumes (Good use of costumes to make the actors look like sasquatches), Pacing is very slow as a lot of the movie drags with its elongated/repetitive scenes, Climax is decent but just feels like a continuation of the rest of the movie, Tone is very similar to nature documentaries (with some comedic flavors), This movie was really not for me with the excessive bodily fluids and grotesque scenes; saw the Texas Premiere at SXSW.
    7theKovah

    The weirdest Sasquatch movie

    Well, I didn't actually knew what to expect, but in the end it was a quite entertaining experience.

    The Zellner brothers introduced the movie to the audience at the Berlinale and said it probably is the weirdest Sasquatch movie. It is.

    While some scenes are excessively obscene, we had some good laughs over the blunt portrayal of this family living in the woods. You will probably say WTF a dozen times. I understand that some people walked out of the theater. However, in my opinion, the movie manages to balance obscenity, humor and drama quite good.

    Personally, I was pleasantly surprised how much story one can tell without using a single spoken word, and with only little facial expression. I believe the actors tried their best, but one could see that the costumes limited overall movement and expressions.

    I would probably not pay 15 bucks again to watch the movie in a theater, but it wasn't too bad after all. A solid 7/10.

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    • Trivia
      The actors took lessons from a mime on how to perform exaggerated expressions so their emotions could be visible through the Sasquatch costumes and make up.
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      Written by Andy Bell, Vince Clarke

      Used by permission of Minotaur Music Limited, Musical Moments (Europe) Ltd., SM Publishing UK Limited

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Apple TV Store (MENA)
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sasquatch Sunset
    • Filming locations
      • Humboldt County, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Square Peg
      • The Space Program
      • ZBI
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,008,662
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $91,146
      • Apr 14, 2024
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,042,015
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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