Invitation au Voyage (1982)

Invitation au Voyage (1982)
Director: Peter Del Monte
Writers: Jean Bany, Peter Del Monte
Cast: Laurent Malet, Aurore Clément, Mario Adorf
Lucien and Nina are twins, they're also lovers. Nina is an and coming new wave celebrity when she dies of an overdose in Lucien's apartment. Unable to cope with the loss Lucien wraps her up, and takes her corpse on a cross country road trip where he meets quirky characters and plasters her face wherever he can in the hopes of keeping her spirit alive. Very strange, haunting, and beautiful film.

Brooding road movie following Lucien who is driving the corpse of his dead sister Nina around in the hope of finding a way or a place to resurrect her. We find out he's had an unhealthy on off sexual relationship with his twin sister, and before her death she was on the verge of becoming a big singing sensation.

Very slow story full of dull characters who rarely have anything worthy to say, and for most part its filmed in or around bland locations. I'm not really sure why but something about the film kept me hooked, maybe it was just because like most these road trip/personal journey movies you hope the characters will find something worthwhile. It does have that dark approach Mike Leigh's Naked had though not nearly as successful.

(5½ out of 10)