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Mammame (1986)

Mammame poster
Directed by
Raúl Ruiz
Genre
dance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film brings a modern ballet to the screen. It follows dancers performing Jean-Claude Gallotta's choreography in a series of abstract scenes.

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What happens

Mammame is a 1986 French dance film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz based on French choreographer Jean-Claude Gallotta's modern ballet of the same name. Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum argued that it "rivals The Red Shoes as the most intoxicating dance film ever made". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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