Let the Corpses Tan

Laissez les corpsed bronzer

A delightful adventure horror film about a typical Mediterranean summer: blue sea, blazing sun... and 250 kg of gold stolen by Rhino and his gang! They had found the perfect hideout: an abandoned and remote hamlet now taken over by a woman artist in search for inspiration. Unfortunately, surprise guests and two cops compromise their plan: the heavenly place, where wild happenings and orgies used to take place, turns into a gruesome battlefield...
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Script: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Cinematography: Manu Dacosse
Editing: Bernard Beets
Sound: Dan Bruylandt
Actors: Elina Löwensohn, Stéphane Ferrara, Hervé Sogne, Bernie Bonvoisin
Production: Anonymes Films, Tobina Film
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Belgium, France
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 92΄
Contact: Bac Films

Hélène Cattet

Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani directed Amer in 2009 and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears in 2012 – a feminine/masculine diptych on desire after several short movies that they had mostly produced by themselves. They were also among the 26 directors from around the world contributing to the anthology feature ABCs of Death (2012) with their highly erotic segment O Is for Orgasm. In 2016 they directed Let the Corpses Tan, reuniting with the producers Eve Commenge and François Cognard. Their third feature film is based on the novel with the same title by cult authors Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jean-Pierre Bastid that the directors discovered more than ten years ago and always dreamed of adapting for the big screen… a dream come true!

Filmography

2004 L’Étrange portrait de la dame en jaune
2006 Santos Palace
2009 Amer
2012 ABC’s of Death (fragment: O is For Orgasm)
2013 L’Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps
2017 Laissez bronzer les cadavres!

Bruno Forzani

They first met in Brussels in 2000 and started co-writing and co-directing short films. In 2009 they directed their first feature, Amer, which won numerous prizes including the Diploma Pelicula Discovery in the New Visions section at Sitges, Catalonia. Shortly after, they participated in the ABCs of Death (2012) anthology, which united 26 emerging directors of the international fantastic film scene. The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears is their second feature film.

Filmography

(Selected)
2004 L’Etrange portrait de la dame en jaune (short)
2006 Santos Palace (short)
2009 Amer
2012 ABC’s of Death (co-direction)
2013 L’Etrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps/The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears