Cannes 2009: "Kinatay."
There are two easy types of film provocation. You can prod an audience with boundary-pushing images -- say, Chloe Sevigny painting Vincent Gallo's tree -- or by testing their tolerance for style or narrative experimentation -- say, Vincent Gallo driving, driving, driving, driving. "Kinatay" (which translates to "Butchered") tries out both, culminating in an act of gruesome violence after a patience-trying buildup of dread and boredom over a long, unlit nighttime car ride. The film's main character is a upbeat teenager who's just married the equally young mother of his baby. Short on cash, he's been dabbling in petty crime, and blithely hops in a van with a friend who's a member of a local gang for an unspecified but presumably dodgy job. It's apparent early on that something very bad is going to happen at the final destination -- the woman they pick up, bind, gag and beat into...
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