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  • It's a film called Vinyan, which is about a couple looking for their child, lost during 2004's Tsunami.

    Pocket-lint.com 2009

  • For Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz, whose latest film "Vinyan" recounts a woman's desperate search for her son after his disappearance in the 2004 Tsunami, "there is no taboo subject as long as you can find the right balance."

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • When "Vinyan," which comes out in the U.K. on Oct. 2, was released in France last year, it disappointed many genre fans who were expecting a gory horror ride, not a contemplative meditation on grief and abduction.

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • "Vinyan" stars Emmanuelle Béart, the latest in a long line of respected film actors, including Oscar winners like Hilary Swank and Adrien Brody (who stars in Mr. Argento's latest film "Giallo"), to recently be seduced by the horror genre.

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • After writing and directing two horror films, "The Ordeal" (2004) and "Vinyan," which didn't set the box office alight but gained a lot of discerning fans, Mr. Du Welz says he still isn't ready to compromise his aesthetic vision and make a more commercial horror film, certainly not in Hollywood.

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • Tony Gatlif, Fabrice du Welz (who directed Beart in "Vinyan") and Abderrahmane Sissako.

    Variety.com 2010

  • He cited "Vinyan" by Fabrice du Welz as a selection where the sound design replaced the usual function of music in generating atmosphere.

    Variety.com 2008

  • This new wave includes horror auteurs like Spain's Juan Antonio Bayona ( "The Orphanage," 2007), Sweden's Tomas Alfredson ( "Let the Right One In," 2008), France's Pascal Laugier ( "Martyrs," 2008), and Belgium's Fabrice Du Welz ( "Vinyan," 2008), all of whom make use of frightening images and gore, but also tell stories that contain subtle political or social messages.

    The Arty Horror Picture Show 2009

  • Like the book, Vinyan becomes less about the destination of the characters and more about their journey there and how it changes them and makes them go mad.

    Vinyan (2008) 2008

  • The thing about Vinyan is that it is more like a subtle, art film than a straight-up horror flick.

    Vinyan (2008) 2008

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