The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.Read More »
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Traveling through the abyss, underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths and ages. From her childhood, a slave of Sanja and her barbarian horde, to her accession to the summits of cruelty at the doors of our world.Read More »
Histoires courtes, the France 2 short films program, gives carte blanche to Bertrand Mandico who brings together three of his short films.
“Rainer, A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley” (2023) 26 min.
Octavia Foss wants to stage a female version of Conan the Barbarian in the theater. She makes a pact with a dog-headed demon to achieve her goals.
“We Barbarians” (2023) 27 min.
On the set of a film in the making, four actresses take turns guiding us. They unknowingly drag us into their damnation.
“The Last Cartoon” (2022) 8 min.
A time, as much future as current, where “cinema will be will be all other and nothing else”. Where, “it will be the last appointment of the flesh”, where “the energy will be cannibal and the sun will reflect to say nothing”. Pessimistic or optimistic is this cinematic pamphlet on art ?Read More »
Traveling the abyss, the hellhound Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by his own future, through eras, myths and ages. From his childhood, a slave of Sanja and his barbarian horde, until his accession to the heights of cruelty at the gates of our world.Read More »
An abandoned seaside resort. The shooting for a fantasy film about the end of an era wraps up. Two women, both members of the film crew, one an actress, the other a director, Apocalypse and Joy, are on the verge of concluding their love affair.Read More »
Two policemen interrupt a secret ceremony: a woman being disembowelled at the bottom of a garden to let out her inner beauty. This situation is presented in a variety of ways and all possibilities are explored.Read More »
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Sombre, as Grandrieux’s first feature film, establishes some of the important characteristics of his art: An insistence on vision, with characters beyond psychologies, driven by biology or metaphysical forces.
Love (a mix of brotherly and sexual Love, a true awareness of the other, a communion) mostly overrules all, and its discovery by Jean creates waves that emanate in every shot, every cut and every sound in the rest of Sombre.Read More »
A woman, her husband and two lobsters. A recipe that turns sour…
Alice Winocour (Paris 1976) graduated from La Fémis (13th promotion, screenwriting department).Read More »
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A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low; however, a bohemian writer, his muse, and a pair of gendarmes further complicate things, as allegiances are put to the test.Read More »