WILCOX
A film by Denis Cote
2019, 66 minutes
2019, 66 minutes
No. 252
Narrative
Narrative
Description
A man goes into the woods alone. We know nothing about him, apart from his military-style attire with a nametag indicating he might be called Wilcox. Is he a traumatized veteran, a survivalist, a desperate man or even a philosopher-hermit?
A documentary-style fictional film, a minimalist adventure yarn haunted by reality, Wilcox is both simple and mysterious. With encounters whose dialogue is inaudible, a sound design that transports reality into the world of the mind, and strangely filtered images to distance us, Wilcox, the latest film from award-winning filmmaker Denis Côté (Bestiaire, Curling, Vic and Flo Saw a Bear) is a nonjudgmental perspective on people who decide to remove themselves from the world, giving no clues as to why.
Festivals
Winner, Jury Prize, Montreal Documentary Film Festival (RIDM)
Official Selection, Locarno Film Festival
Official Selection, MoMA Documentary Fortnight
Official Selection, Locarno Film Festival
Official Selection, MoMA Documentary Fortnight
