Silly as it may be, there are veins that throb at utter mere sight of a person’s motivation coming to life; in spite of their thirst for more of the filling up process. “Belle Douleur” allows Liz (Mylene Dizon), a child psychologist, to quench her carnal and headstrong drought through unchaining her past. Doing so requires selling her antiques which wets the interests of young atemporal art enthusiast, Josh (Kit Thompson). Unbeknownst to the pair, the antiques are their separate impulses just waiting to be caressed then fingered off their cobwebs by erotically daring sleepwalkers.
Dusting the outright lustful ambiance is the elliptic camerawork shoehorned with rousing cinematography. "Belle Douleur" contains a sequence when Liz and Josh scatter throughout the former’s frail house, embellished in zesty visual palette, while ferociously love-making in an un-paused take to let their dire bodies mesh in a singular flow of softening stillness. The lens careens on their varying intertwined positions, as daylight and moonset wallows cinematic pupils into wandering frames packing a sinful truthfulness. Director Joji V. Alfonso magically pilots the shots and strums the heartstrings along the lyrics of hopeless modesty, because every climax comes along a noir glance towards rude awakening that is “Belle Douleur.”
Almost a whiff of flaming air is Mylene Dizon. The veteran actress's power to wrest unsuspecting sightseers into a catabolic exhibition breeds abrupt opportunities for viewers to pause and admire her unadulterated thunder. For Kit Thompson to jarringly match Dizon's raw flair is a darling achievement. Thompson magnifies his subtle modesty so Josh can entangle Liz in his adoring grasps. His performance in "Belle Douleur" is movingly profound like a newfound law of physics since cinephiles should as well obey the pull of his acting gravitas.
"Belle Douleur" is also a trance inasmuch as it attempts to reinforce erotic-doused lovers from their distinct nirvana. Liz aims her care at the polar end of Josh's devotion, which progresses his starting point to catch her despite their age differences. The film whirls with eagerness and grows more antique as the pair embraces tighter. So the closeness has sculpted the crisp memento of ageless yet individual consideration.
Director: Joji V. Alfonso
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