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Jacky Caillou

The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou

France 2022
produced by
Charles Philippe, Lucile Ric for Les Films du Clan
directed by Lucas Delangle
starring Thomas Parigi, Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Romain Laguna, Georges Isnard, Sivan Garavagno, Jean-Marc Ravera
written by Lucas Delangle, Olivier Strauss, music by Clément Decaudin

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Ever since the death of his parents, Jacky Caillou (Thomas Parigi) has been brought up by his grandma Gisèle (Edwige Blondiau), a magnetic healer well respected in their hometown in the French Alps. And then she dies, and it turns out he, who has never shown any talent in healing before, has inherited her natural skills, and thus also the family business. And he has also inherited the one case Gisèle was unable to handle, that of Elsa (Lou Lampros), who hne day found a weird rash on her back that doctors all over the country could find no explanation for. After a few treatments, Elsa's rash actually starts to retreat - but then she grows fur in its place, wolf's fur ... and this somehow links in with the hardships of local shepherd Bert (Georges Isnard), who has of late lost several sheep to a wolf even though those beasts haven't been reported in the region for years. Jacky vows to heal Elsa, also because he has fallen in love with her, but by that point Elsa isn't sure anymore if she doesn't want to become a wolf for good - which is a bit of a problem as presently the town's already organizing a posse to capture and kill the wolf ...

 

Probably best described as modern rural fairy tale, this movie manages to come across as quite as touching due to its lack of spectacle on the one hand and lack of cheesiness on the other. Instead a very subtle approach is chosen for its very unusual story, a story that moves along at an intentionally slow pace but with a very poetic eye on things. And toned down performances help here of course, as does moody camerawork, with everything resulting in a rather unusual but nevertheless fascinating piece of fantasy.

 

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