Dragon Dilatation (2024)

Directed by

Bertrand Mandico

Genre

experimental film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This experimental film combines two separate film essays into one split-screen experience. It adapts a classic ballet and includes footage from a canceled stage production, touching on topics like war, police violence, and abuse in the fashion industry.

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What happens

Dragon Dilatation is a 2024 experimental French film written and directed by Bertrand Mandico. Shot in split-screen format, it combines two film essays: a free adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrouchka, and footage from a cancelled stage production rehearsed at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers titled The Deviant Comedy. The film explores subjects such as the Russo-Ukrainian war, police violence in France, totalitarianism across Europe, the #MeToo movement, and sexual abuse in the modelling and fashion industries. The film had its world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival out of competition on 8 August 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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