The film is rarely meant to be comedic and it rarely enters into so-bad-it’s-good territory. After an unsuccessful attempt to blackmail a cop, they find success in René, a man who pays them in exchange for their silence.
46 of 56 people found this review helpful. Synopsis: A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of 5 years. While in bed together, she tells him in English about her abusive ex-husband, then in French about how she miscarried and her husband raped her before taking her to the hospital. Simon and Marianne have sex, but he initially makes her uncomfortable.
Writer-director Antonio Campos ("Afterschool") takes great pains to establish his antihero protagonist, Simon (Brady Corbet), as a voyeur with a very limited field of vision. He also lies to her about having met someone. At the airport, Simon writes a final mental letter to Michelle, stating the only way for them to heal is to distance themselves for a while. Simon encounters Marianne, a girl he met at the beginning of his trip, and gets her number. His life should be open-ended and full of promise, but he can’t shake his feelings of loss. It is a character study centering on Simon's sociopathic tendencies and their effects on the people that come into his life.
In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages. When he finds a group of thugs to do that, he lets them attack him and uses these excuses to stay at Victoria's place. Simon goes out with Marianne and eventually kisses her.
James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. Certificate: 16 When he goes to tell a fed-up Victoria this, she angrily tells him she called René's wife.
He promises to see her soon. Simon Killer is the new Psychological thriller by Antonio Campos, the film follows Simon (played by Bradley Corbet) as he travels in Paris trying to forget about his girlfriend, whom he had just broken up wit, after staying together. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past. An Internet-addicted prep-school student captures on video camera the drug overdose of two girls. The cop tracks Victoria down and viciously beats her. Victoria quits her job at the bar. Original title: Simon Killer. He tries to stay with Marianne, but eventually turns to family friend Carlo. They begin a romantic relationship. One night as he wonders about he comes to a strip club, where he meets the stripper/prostitute Noura.
Once there, he falls in love with a young prostitute and their fateful journey begins. Simon Killer is a 2012 film directed by Antonio Campos with a screenplay by Campos from a screen story by Campos, Brady Corbet and Mati Diop.It has a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews.
A home care nurse works with terminally ill patients. After unsuccessfully trying to meet a girl the night before, Simon visits a bar/brothel where he meets prostitute Victoria. Within its first 5 minutes I could already sense that I was about to watch a masterful movie. They meet later and have sex. The film revolves around a young American man named Simon who is visiting Paris and his relationship with a Middle Eastern prostitute and a French woman he meets on the metro. She offers Simon her number so they can meet again. Being a stranger in a strange land only aggravates his situation. Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. Drama Simon Killer Plot. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria. The film follows 16 year old Chelsea Magan who has just sold her virginity on eBay to the highest bidder. For this is a most brilliant study of, and glimpse into, the life of a sociopath. He later receives an email back from Michelle, where she expresses care for him but also tells him he now frightens her. At times, it is so 'fly on the wall', and so brilliantly acted, that I almost had to remind myself that this was fiction I was witnessing.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop).
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He calls René, claiming to need more money. After his girlfriend of five years, Michelle, leaves him when he aggressively accuses her of cheating on him, college graduate Simon takes a trip to Paris. Simon Killer is a film directed by Antonio Campos with Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Constance Rousseau, Michael Abiteboul, .... Year: 2012. The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon's true nature. Though its bleak themes may be off-putting for some, Simon Killer is an engrossing, effective character study of a brutal, enigmatic figure. On the day when he is supposed to leave the apartment he is staying at, scours a nearby train station for a person or people to beat and rob him.
Simon Killer Critics Consensus. Simon, his French poor, misunderstands as "You have a son." He writes multiple emails to her expressing his desire for communication, but he insults her privately as he writes. "Simon Killer," a maddeningly short-sighted character study about a disturbed young American in Paris, is consistently unsettling, but not always for the right reasons.