Eden Log
Reel DVD
R4 DVD
French with English subtitles
A
man wakes up deep in a cave complex. He doesn’t know who he is or where he is.
As he tries to get out he finds himself in a huge underground complex, half
constructed and half … grown? As he makes his way up towards the surface he
finds that strangely he knows how to operate the machinery and computers. The
controlling computer recognises him, too, and lets him access much of the
computer’s records. He finds he is in a complex called Eden Log, whose purpose
and construction remain a mystery. All he knows at first is that the complex is
based around a Plant.
The
complex is inhabited by dangerous half-humans who are hunting him, and a
strange array of people who seem to have some part in the complex. One man has
been partly absorbed by the Plant. And always there are the ever-present plant
roots growing through the complex from the possibly hostile plant.
As
he works his way up towards the surface he picks up clues and what he finds is
horrifying. Immigrant and refugee workers can be given citizenship in exchange
for looking after the Plant. Then he comes to the Plantation and finds what
“looking after the plant” really means. Is the Plant really trying to
communicate with him?
This
is a hard film to watch. Most of it takes place in semi-darkness with an almost
monochrome look. The jerky hand-held camera and flickering lighting do nothing
for the film. For his next film perhaps director Franck Vestiel
could stretch the budget to rent a tripod. There is no character development
and the clues are doled out sparingly until the end. It is the story that makes this film, it and
it is truly a grim, dark story.
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