Spring (2014 film)

Spring

Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Justin Benson
  • Aaron Moorhead
  • David Clarke Lawson, Jr.
Written by Justin Benson
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Aaron Moorhead
Edited by
  • Justin Benson
  • Aaron Moorhead
  • Michael Felker
Production
company
XYZ Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 5 September 2014 (2014-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
 109 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • Italian
Box office $49,970[2]

Spring is a 2014 American romantic science fiction horror film directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.[3] The film stars Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker.

Plot

Evan, a young American man, loses his mother to cancer and next day his job as a cook in a restaurant. His friend advises him to travel to get his mind clear. Evan takes the advice, and travels to Italy. He meets a flirtatious girl named Louise, who he is initially suspicious of, but becomes more interested in. To pursue his relationship with Louise he takes a job at a local farm and starts living in a small town of Italy.

Louise, who initially rejected Evan, finally has sex with him without using a condom. The next morning she wakes up before him and leaves. When Evan is wandering the town later, he catches sight of Louise and talks to her again. They meet later explore the town together. After a few dates, Louise asks Evan about his family story. Although he is reluctant to reveal details, he relents and then asks Louise to tell him something about her. Louise takes out the contact lense from her right eye to show Evan that she has heterochromia, and that her eyes have different colours. Evan sees the same condition reflected in the women on many of the paintings in the museum and also on the cover of a book. One night, Louise is having dinner with Evan when her skin condition starts getting worse. She runs off in street. She is followed by a man who mistakes her for a prostitute, and ends up killing him.

Evan, who has been working illegally on the farm, has to leave when police make a visit there. As he has nowhere to go, he goes to Louise's house. The door is chain-locked, through which he sees blood on the floor and hears a strange voice. He breaks the chain to open the door and as he enters he sees a very strange octopus like creature on the floor wearing Louise's dress, trying to reach a syringe. He quickly picks the syringe up and injects it into the creature's neck.

Louise reveals to Evan that she's 2,000 years old. All the pictures of women with dual eye color, including the one on the cover of the book, are of her. Every 20 years she gets herself pregnant, and then her body uses cells in her embryo to recreate her. Evan is shocked and leaves. Louise follows him and keeps telling him more about the condition. She reveals that she did not use a condom during intercourse with Evan in order to purposely get pregnant. She also reveals that if she falls in love with someone, her body will produce oxytocin, a hormone which will keep embryo cells from consumption and will mean she will lose her immortality and live a normal life. Evan asks if she is in love with him, to which she replies she is not and also that she would not give up her immortality for anyone.

Evan then asks her to spend her last 24 hours with him before she will re-evolve. They spend all night talking to each other. In the early morning Louise takes Evan to her family village and tells him her family history. Soon the time arrives and Evan makes one last attempt and begs her to not change, to which she replies that she does not control it; her body does, and it has started to change. Louise lies down with her head on Evan's lap as Evan talks about the experience of being mortal, and all the positive aspects to it. The nearby volcano erupts before Evan looks down at Louise who is looking back at him in her current form, having not changed, Indicating that she is in fact in love with Evan and has become mortal.

Cast

Release

Spring premiered on September 5, 2014 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.[4] The film received a limited theatrical release on March 20, 2015 through Drafthouse Films[5] and a video on demand release a day later, through FilmBuff.[6]

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has 89% positive reviews, with an average rating of 7.3; the consensus states: "Rich in atmosphere and intelligence, Spring is a singular horror film with a sneaky, lingering impact."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 68 out of 100, from 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Jon Dickinson of SCREAM: The Horror Magazine gave Spring a 5 star rating, stating that it "transcends all genres to deliver a story that feels entirely unique…a monster you won’t want to miss." [9]

Accolades

Austin Fantastic Fest
Palm Springs International Film Festival

Soundtrack

Eastern Glow Recordings released the soundtrack on March 25, 2015,[12] which was composed by Jimmy LaValle.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "SPRING (15)". British Board of Film Classification. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Spring (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Spring
  4. ↑ TIFF.net | Spring
  5. ↑ Spring Trailer Grows Up
  6. ↑ Horror Will ‘Spring’ to Life In this Lovecraftian Love Story
  7. ↑ "Spring". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Spring". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Dickinson, Jon (22 March 2015). "SPRING: Film Review". Scream: The Horror Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  10. ↑ The 2014 Fantastic Fest Awards Recipients | Fantastic Fest
  11. ↑ Spring - 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival
  12. ↑ ‘Spring’ OST Available
  13. ↑ Director Justin Benson Talks The Music Of ‘Spring’

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