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Le Portrait de Petite Cossette
Anime DVD Review
Eiri is a talented artist who goes to university and runs his uncle's antique shop. His uncle travels the world, searching for all sorts of antiquities. He has them shipped over to the antique shop, where Eiri catalogues and sells the items. One shipment arouses Eiri's curiosity-items from a family in France that has long since died out. The items include Venetian glasses. One in particular captures Eiri's fancy, and he discovers within it the ghost of a beautiful young woman who died 200 years ago. He falls for her, and the ghost proceeds to ensnare Eiri for its own purposes. The results catch Eiri by surprise, and he is drawn into the dark, horrifying world of the ghost.
The palette of colors in this anime is rich beyond measure; the imagery combines the abstract and the realistic with dazzling results that leave the viewer awed by the imagination and intensity. It is a tragic tale of love that unfurls through these very images and colors. The music enhances the experience, taking this film to the level of the sublime. This widescreen DVD movie is a gem that is not to be missed.
Below: Scenes from Le Portrait de Petite Cossette.
Reviewed by Sault Trabal, February 2006
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