Anatomy of Hell (Anatomie de l'enfer). Catherine Breillat, 2004.
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Edition screened: Tartan DVD, released 2004. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 80 minutes.
Summary: Violent killing of a baby bird.
Details: During a flashback sequence, a boy takes a hatchling from its nest and places it in his shirt pocket at 21:35. He climbs down the tree, we see blood seeping through his pocket, and he removes the now-dead baby bird from his pocket at 22:20. He flings the dead bird to the ground and violently stomps on it through 22.28. We see its body being smashed and torn under his boot.
Many commentaries have been written about this challenging film. Henrik Sylow provides a good overview.