Who are you when no one is watching? In a world of personal brands and performed identities, Leos Carax’s delirious masterpiece asks if there’s anything beneath the different roles we play and challenges the cinematic form in the process. Exhilarating, fantastical and straight-up strange – nobody can agree on what it means, which is exactly why you should see it.
With introduction by leading scholar.
Directed by Leos Carax, France, 2012, 116 mins, MA 15+
Starring: Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer, Eva Mendes, Edith Scob, Kylie Minogue
In French with English subtitles.
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