Sombre (1998)

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Directed by: Philippe Grandrieux
Starring: Marc Barbé (Jean), Elina Löwensohn (Claire), Géraldine Voillat (Christine)
Country: France, Effed Up European Cinema
Language: French (Eng Subs), Effed Up French Films
Runtime: 01:50:59
Genres: Surreal, Serial Killers, Sexual-Violence against Women, Prostitutes

Plot – Spoilers:
Sombre is only for when you fancy a surreal serial-killer film.

Jean follows the Tour de France and along the way, murders and dumps women, mostly prostitutes, in the vast emptiness that France appears to offer. At some point you wonder, who are all these women who are willing to take long drives in silence with him?

Ever get the feeling, my life is a blur right now? That’s pretty much Jean’s current phase. The first twenty-odd minutes of the film are a blurry, almost metaphorical sketch of his routine, where everything’s a blur. Pick up hookers. Kill them. Suffer the dissatisfaction that follows because it wasn’t clear enough to form a memory. Move on to the next one.

And then Jean sees rain-drenched Claire parked in her broken-down car. She doesn’t seem to fear him and has a certain respectability that makes him vulnerable. She’s not a whore and might even be a virgin. He can’t kill such a woman.

Claire’s sister joins them and seduces the violence out of him, but Claire doesn’t seem to mind, so long as her sister is safe.

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27 Comments
lilia
lilia
October 27, 2025 5:58 am

love love love. very strange, very art-house, very french

i wish i could find a higher quality copy – not a lot of light & the blacks really suffer from compression

one993
one993
April 30, 2025 10:47 am

Film yang sangat Gelap ,,benar benar gelap,sampai saya tak mampu melihat wajah para aktornya.

Luis
Luis
September 12, 2024 2:13 am

Saludos a todos desde Perú, vengo por Satan . Cine francés ehhhh…. claro, esta no debe ser ni la peor ni la mejor muestra de cine. Entonces, que es? Buena pregunta… una experiencia q no descubres… ni al final… sorry por el spoiler. .. punto a favor, la prota es bella…punto en contra, tus expectativas…

Slampig
Slampig
November 9, 2023 5:35 am

It’s like they filmed this one in a fucking cave. Even after turning your brightness all the way up you won’t see shit!

charley m
charley m
May 29, 2023 3:53 am

The french have only ever made 3 good movies, the Mon oncle trilogy, why do people think french movies are good, I have tried to watch as many as I can but no more, this movie had no story, a dialogue that made no sense, camera work that sucked, zero budget, ya can’t tell me the actors? were paid ha ha, if I hadn’t read the admins spoiler, I doubt I would have guessed that there was a serial killer,I must be naive, french really means shit.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
January 22, 2023 2:50 am

This one is a head scratcher. I have no idea what it was about but I don’t think I’m supposed to. This one is effed up for sure and belongs here on this website. I’m sure that the person or persons that were in charge of making this film had a really good reason to make it but I doubt if we will ever know why. Weird, slow, bizarre, confusing and non-sensical at times but I really like some of the songs in the film. Is it good? I don’t really know. Would I recommend watching it to my friend who is in to weird movies? I’m not sure. A rating from 1 to 5? I wouldn’t know what to judge it on. I’ll have to sleep on it.

meddleroidz
meddleroidz
January 19, 2023 7:17 am

This is a biopic about joe biden’s son right?

meddleroidz
meddleroidz
January 19, 2023 7:17 am

french chicks are very cute and sexy, more natural beauties than americans, look no further than lea seydoux ! but we cant hardly see shit in this brightness level or lack thereof. screw the leftists btw, screw them hard, peg them.

Dr Harris
Dr Harris
March 16, 2022 9:49 pm

Ummm.

This was truly terrible.. I mean like shockingly bad…

The story was turd… The predicaments terrible. The execution pace and artistic merit … Awful.

Seriously Ive seen better TV adverts for cereal. .

Crushed
Crushed
February 17, 2022 10:19 pm

How did any of you enjoy this… This movie made no fucking sense whatsoever and I completely wasted my time. Anyone that claims that this movie is anywhere near enjoyable either has mental issues or says it just to be different or appear edgy.

poopshoot
poopshoot
August 5, 2021 8:38 am

how does anyone enjoy this. shaky blurry camera, seizure dance scenes and a chick willingly losing her virginity to a beat up buttfuck ugly prostitute serial killer on the side of the road just after he practicly kidnaps her and ties up her friend or sister or whoever the fuck she was. none of any of this made any sence. even the most rediculous unrealistic movies still follow some form of logic this was just some random asshole shitting on my tv pretending to be artistic.

Pedro Pereira
Pedro Pereira
July 31, 2021 12:52 am

I like wierd movies …but the only good thing in this one is the blonde sister

Jose
Jose
July 25, 2021 9:58 pm

5 stars for Bauhaus

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
July 25, 2021 8:57 am

First 3 minutes will make a pro lifer rethink abortion

Porușniuc Adina
Porușniuc Adina
July 24, 2021 3:27 pm

Good stuff. Thanks Eum!

Aurelia
Aurelia
July 24, 2021 2:41 pm

Damn you guys read my mind, I really wanted to watch this, thanks.
I watched about 40 mins so far and the cinematography and mood is beautiful, the title fits perfectly