Cineuropa reports on the Golden Méliès awarded to In the Name of the Son at the Sitges festival. After winning a Silver Méliès in Neuchâtel, the film prevailed in a field that also included Alex van Warmerdam's Borgman and Leos Carax's Holy Motors.
The article stresses how unusual a winner it was. Elisabeth's journey of revenge moves between genres, with a bloody, iconoclastic and irreverent tone, without fitting neatly into either fantasy or science fiction.
Cineuropa also recalls the film's reception at festivals, including an audience award at L'Absurde Séance in Nantes. The Méliès crowned that journey and made it the second Belgian feature to receive the distinction.
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The Golden Méliès for In the Name of the Son by Vincent Lannoo
Cineuropa · October 14, 2013