Bring Down The Walls
Artist Phil Collins uses house music to combat the racially motivated, overcrowded American prison system.
88'
USA
IFFR 2020
Scientist Alice (Emily Beecham, winner of Best Actress at Cannes) develops new plants for a commercial bio company. She is very proud to have come up with a revolutionary innovation: an eye-catching red indoor plant that gives off a pollen that makes you happy. Breaking all the company rules, she takes home a prototype of the anti-depression plant. She names it after her teenage son: Little Joe.
Little Joe really does make people happier – but what are the side-effects? In this chilling thriller, the people exposed to the plant seem like cold-blooded zombies, who except for happiness feel no emotions at all. Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner (Lourdes, Amour fou) uses an oppressive, almost clinical visual style to put across the anaesthetising effects of this mysterious plant. Her first English-language film is a contemporary answer to Invasion of the Body Snatchers and a sinister reflection on the anti-depressants industry, genetically modified products and experimental bio-medical innovations. The screening on Wed 29 Jan is part of Erasmus Tiger College.
IFFR 2020
- 105'
- Austria
- 2019
- Director
- Jessica Hausner
- Countries of production
- Austria, United Kingdom, Germany
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 105'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Bertrand Faivre, Gerardine O'Flynn, Philippe Bober
- Production Companies
- Coop99 Filmproduktion, Le Bureau, Essential Filmproduktion
- Sales
- Coproduction Office
- Screenplay
- Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard
- Cinematography
- Martin Gschlacht
- Editor
- Karina Ressler
- Production Design
- Katharina Wöppermann
- Sound Design
- Erik Mischijew, Matz Müller
- Cast
- Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor, David Wilmot, Phénix Brossard, Sebastian Hülk
- Local Distributor
- Cinemien
- Director
- Jessica Hausner
- Countries of production
- Austria, United Kingdom, Germany
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 105'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Bertrand Faivre, Gerardine O'Flynn, Philippe Bober
- Production Companies
- Coop99 Filmproduktion, Le Bureau, Essential Filmproduktion
- Sales
- Coproduction Office
- Screenplay
- Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard
- Cinematography
- Martin Gschlacht
- Editor
- Karina Ressler
- Production Design
- Katharina Wöppermann
- Sound Design
- Erik Mischijew, Matz Müller
- Cast
- Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor, David Wilmot, Phénix Brossard, Sebastian Hülk
- Local Distributor
- Cinemien
Programme IFFR 2020
Signatures
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
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Gianikian created a montage of images from work trips to the USA and Jerusalem to accompany his deceased partner Ricci Lucchi’s wonderfully illustrated diaries.
103'
Italy
IFFR 2020
Les enfants d'Isadora
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children.
84'
France
IFFR 2020