[REL] L'Appel (2022) France

art195 · Post by **art195** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:15 am 3 likes

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23858098/

Romane (15) begins treatment at specialized thermal baths for her lung disease. One night, she hears a strange whistling coming from the surrounding forest, that only she can hear. As she seeks out its origin, her breathing changes.

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HC English subtitles | 720p
https://mega.nz/file/OKoWSI6b#70zRM9e2A ... cF5ZH_nrzg

art195 · Post by **art195** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:47 am 0 likes

It's [REL] . MEGA link

Post by **Night457** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:48 am 0 likes

A file is not a RELease until it is shared with a valid eMule link.

viewtopic.php?t=7992#:~:text=A%20film%2 ... ule%20link

Post by **Night457** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:40 am 29 likes

AKA The Calling

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Thank you for this, art195!

This was mesmerizing. I confess I do not understand the mysterious conclusion.

720p French with hardcoded English subtitles:

Like this post to see ed2k links [104.61 Mb]

c4po · Post by **c4po** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:22 am 1 likes

Night457 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:40 am This was mesmerizing. I confess I do not understand the mysterious conclusion.

I have to agree. I thought I mostly knew what was going on until the last scene in the pool. Now I only know that I have no clue.

Post by **Night457** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:55 pm 1 likes

Yes, that is exactly where I became unsure. Without giving away any spoilers, I can certainly imagine some rather mundane explanations ... but I don't think that is what was intended for the audience to think. I would like to watch this on a bigger screen. (I watched it on my li'l laptop.)

pillowbaker · Post by **pillowbaker** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:14 pm 1 likes

Ooh your discussion has made me very interested! Thank you for sharing this art, and thanks for the REL, Night!

David32441 · Post by **David32441** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:28 am 0 likes

What a beautifully atmospheric short! But 2 things I don't like
- the ending makes no sense
- and the release is 105mb for 720p and nearly 20minutes!! The file is about a third the size it should be for this resolution and length. The mpeg blocking in some scenese is quite apparent. The still forest scenes look fine - but there's a lot of "block creep" when you have something like someone's clothing moving. Maybe someone can find a HD version at a decent bitrate?

David32441 · Post by **David32441** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:13 am 2 likes

So I ran it through Topaz deblock filter and it removed 90% of the unsightly blocking - added a slight grain and that helped to - I didn't resize it to, left it at 720p:
https://mega.nz/file/wR4DSRKZ#ytWNaC-zr ... Ucjxpz2QHE
166mb now

After (100%):
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Before (300% crop):
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Post by **ghost** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:22 am 1 likes

BTW: We know Cyrille Mairesse from

Les chatouilles
https://www.first-loves.net/forums/view ... 13&t=12328