A difficult night out sparks a traumatic memory for a woman whose way out is to ritualistically harm, then fix herself. Intercutting the two states of the protagonist’s psyche, rich golden sweeps from the past begin to bleed into the reds and blues of the film’s present.
Also in this combined programme
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Daze
A lonely car driver travels through a landscape that is embued with the echos of a violent event. -
Inbetween
Wild, raw and extremely stylised road movie crushes preconceptions about what kind of films women want to make. -
Gasman
Layered tale about an encounter between two girls during a Christmas party, by the maker of Ratcatcher (see elsewhere). -
Random Acts of Intimacy
Headstrong and subtle mix of image and sound challenges our prejudices about desire.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1999
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2000
- Length
- 18'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
