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The Strange But Unknown Star

The Strange But Unknown Star

Henri Plaat | Netherlands | 1969 | 8' |

| IFFR 2020

A ten-year-old girl dressed as a 1920s star gives a performance. She wears a rubber mask, sits in a large, red armchair, and reads magazines that revive actresses from the past. Annette Hanshaw sings in the background. Marlene Dietrich is bombarded with egg, chocolate powder, powdered sugar and currants. (Eye)

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