CANADIAN FILM WEEK – PROGRAMMER’S PICK

A central character in Pascal Plante’s disturbing thriller is a mousy-looking man, the sort of anonymous figure you wouldn’t give a second look, on trial for the brutal murders of three teenage girls, which he broadcast live on the dark web. And he’s not even the scariest person onscreen in Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges). That would be Kelly-Anne, played to chillingly icy perfection by Juliette Gariépy. For reasons never explained in the film — showcased at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival — successful fashion model Kelly-Anne has become obsessed with Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, personifying the banality of evil), whose case is being heard in a Montreal courtroom. – Hollywood Reporter

“Plante’s unblinking screw-tightening builds to one of the most jaw-dropping scenes of this or any year.” – RogerEbert.com

“I have to warn that you may need to be a little twisted to love this film… Definitely the most tense I’ve felt in a long time. I can’t recommend it highly enough” – NPR LA.