Trauma

4/19/2018

"For a film so consumed by painful memories, the most potent act of killing that Trauma imagines is the one that leaves the ghosts of the past behind for good..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/4/19/trauma.html

9/10/2022

**This movie tries very hard to be something, but fails.** Reading the plot summary, you might think, that this is yet another _Rape & Revenge_ movie. Having seen it, I can tell you that it is not. **Comparison to Martyrs** That movie actually got my interest as it was compared to _Martyrs_, a movie of the _New French Extreme_ genre. Turned out, it has nothing in common with Laugier's masterpiece. While _Martyrs_ has a meaning that is transported by the movie and supported by almost every aspect of every scene in the movie, with _Trauma_ it is exactly the opposite. _Traumas_ scenes are mostly intended to be gory, disturbing or simply disgusting but nothing of this feels linked to the main plot. Some other scenes try to be artistic, but they just seem misplaced in this movie.