Lamb (2021). Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson. Cast: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson. 106 min. Drama/Fantasy.
Titane (2021). Director Julia Ducournau. Cast: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon. 108 min. Horror/Sci-fi.
- Strangely, I saw these two bizarre movies, back-to-back in two days. Both are about a shocking offspring - Lamb happening in some desolate Scandinavian plain, and if you've seen the trailer (or ... read the movie's title), you have a good idea "what" the child is; Titane (last year's Palm d'Or winner) is in urban modern day France, but the surprise about what the offspring is is left till the very end (something to do with titanium?). Especially with its nonchalant approach towards the more riveting moments, such as when we discover the nature of the child, or a final piercing image of a mysterious killer, I found Lamb more visually striking and lasting, but with a tepid or even failed message - on to what extremes people will go to have a child; while Titane, even with its more gruesome imagery, was much more palpable - possibly about the dangers of how we as humans are becoming "combined" with our machinery/smartphones, and losing all communicative skills (the heroine literally not verbalizing anything during the second half of the movie). Although Titane engaged me throughout, if I was to recommend between the two, I would go with Lamb - because aren't we hungry for great images?
MoGo's rating (Lamb): 8/10
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MoGo's rating (Titane): 7/10
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