Invincible Featured, Reviews Film Threat
A compelling and engaging short film, Invincible, explores the last days of a French Canadian boy, Marc-Antoine Bernier (Léokim Beaumier-Lépine). Marc was a troubled child and spent several years in a juvenile detention center, or more properly known in Quebec, a Youth Center. After spending a fun weekend with his family, Marc is immediately placed back in the callous and uncaring hands of a system that sees him as a bad child and in need of behavior correction. mine. Of course, the Youth Center doesn’t have the means to actually help. Instead, the facility manager, Luc (Ralph Prosper), simply asks Marc to prove to him that he should be released by doing exactly what Luc approves of. Since these are the last days of Marc’s life, I’m pretty confident in saying that we all know where a confrontation between a troubled kid and an overworked supervisor will lead. It played quite well over the course of half an hour.
Invincible is quite effective in putting us in Marc’s shoes. This is a child who only wanted to return to his family, and due to a moment of loss of sanity, was detained by the state in a dilapidated and poorly managed Youth Center.Vincent René-Lortie chose to tell this story in a visually lyrical style. Marc’s sharp mid-range to close-up shots really allow us to fully access the young man’s mood. This is a very natural story and the visual use of color is gorgeous. Invincible is a heartfelt and compelling look at a kid who makes a terrible mistake that costs him more than he should have. It tugs at your heartstrings convincingly. If you’re looking for a good short film, this one is worth considering.