{"id":28511,"date":"2026-01-13T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=28511"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:20:24","slug":"the-island-de-po-chih-leong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2026\/01\/13\/the-island-de-po-chih-leong\/","title":{"rendered":"The Island de Po-Chih Leong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00ab Ni cin\u00e9ma de terreur ni cin\u00e9ma d&rsquo;auteur \u00bb \u00e9crivait Jean-Marc Lalanne au sujet de <em>La Sagesse des crocodiles<\/em>, film r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en Angleterre par Po-Chih Leong en 1998. On serait tent\u00e9 d&rsquo;appliquer la m\u00eame formule \u00e0 The Island (<em>Sang sei sin<\/em>), r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Po-Chih Leong \u00e0 Hong Kong en 1985. Le film se situe dans un entre-deux flou, ni film gore ultra trash malgr\u00e9 son sujet, ni film o\u00f9 se pr\u00e9cise un regard de cin\u00e9aste, mais plut\u00f4t une satire qui m\u00eale des acc\u00e8s de sauvagerie \u00e0 un traitement assez sage d&rsquo;une histoire qui ne l&rsquo;est pas du tout. Le film raconte en effet l&rsquo;exp\u00e9dition d&rsquo;une classe nature (un prof et un groupe d&rsquo;\u00e9l\u00e8ves) sur une \u00eele au large de Hong Kong, h\u00e9las habit\u00e9e par trois fr\u00e8res d\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s qui vont bient\u00f4t s&rsquo;en prendre aux malheureux visiteurs. La r\u00e9f\u00e9rence assum\u00e9e du film aux slashers am\u00e9ricains des ann\u00e9es 80, tr\u00e8s populaires dans les salles de Hong Kong durant cette p\u00e9riode, saute aux yeux : on pense bien s\u00fbr \u00e0 <em>Massacre \u00e0 la tron\u00e7onneuse<\/em> de Tobe Hooper et \u00e0 <em>La Colline a des yeux<\/em> de Wes Craven, sur l\u2019agression de vacanciers par des autochtones cannibales. Pourtant, il ne s\u2019agit pas d\u2019un habituel film class\u00e9 Cat\u00e9gorie III, riche en effets sanglants ultraviolents. Po-Chih Leong privil\u00e9gie les ruptures de tons, et une approche psychologique des personnages, y compris en ce qui concerne la fratrie maboule en qu\u00eate d\u2019une \u00e9pouse, vierge de pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence. On passe d\u2019images po\u00e9tiques, surr\u00e9alistes (les oursins du d\u00e9but) \u00e0 des sc\u00e8nes beaucoup plus triviales et grotesques, au mauvais go\u00fbt assum\u00e9. Le film est d\u00e9routant, toujours int\u00e9ressant, assez cryptique. L\u2019opposition civilisation\/\u00e9tat sauvage est peut-\u00eatre une fausse piste. Sans doute que le cin\u00e9aste avait quelque chose \u00e0 dire sur la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 hongkongaise et ses habitants, douze ans avant la r\u00e9trocession, mais son propos demeure voil\u00e9, ajoutant du myst\u00e8re \u00e0 cette curiosit\u00e9 cin\u00e9matographique.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Le film a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9dit\u00e9 en BR par Carlotta, comme <em>Hong Kong 1941<\/em>, du m\u00eame r\u00e9alisateur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-the_island_1985_br-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-the_island_1985_br-0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-the_island_1985_br-0-200x280.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab Ni cin\u00e9ma de terreur ni cin\u00e9ma d&rsquo;auteur \u00bb \u00e9crivait Jean-Marc Lalanne au sujet de La Sagesse des crocodiles, film\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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