Themes of toxic masculinity and survival unfold in a blend of horror and psychological drama.
What Is ‘Hunting Daze’ About?
As I said, leave all your expectations at the door.
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You better have some tissues nearby as this movie will have you crying your eyes out.
By the conclusion,youll feel just like how the characters do hungover, exhausted, and ravished.
She warns us that the movie gets its scariness from how the humans behave.
Nina, a tempestuous young woman, joins a group of hunters at a remote cabin in the Canadian wilderness. As she integrates into their male-dominated micro-society, the arrival of a mysterious stranger sets off a series of unsettling events. Themes of toxic masculinity and survival unfold in a blend of horror and psychological drama.
Skinning and shedding ones outer layer is a recurring motif, both metaphorically and physically.
One scene of a deer getting skinned is captured with meticulous, unflinching detail.
Its an intensely sophisticated film for a feature debut.
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Bruno Marcil is brilliant as the gruff leader who forms a special connection with Nina.
Noubi Ndiayes Doudos is asked to do a different form of acting, some theatrical and some completely silent.
His face alone expresses a million conflicting feelings, and he becomes the tragic hero of this desolate story.
Hunting Dazescreened at the 2024 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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