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A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle

Name: A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle
Director: Cécile B. Evans
Genre: Experimental, Drama
Released: 2019
Duration: 9 min

Synopsis

A screen test for an adaptation of the ballet 'Giselle' as an ecofeminist thriller. Reimagined in a near-future, where Giselle and her friends have moved on from a failed metropolis to her mother’s rural village to “reset society”. An invasion of their successful community sets off a contamination of their new ecosystem with old power dynamics. Giselle’s death emerges as an investigation into mutability and multiplicity as a strategy for escape. (FIAC Brochure)
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020 - Bright Future - International premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 min
Director: Cécile B. Evans
Producer: Cécile B. Evans
Screenwriter: Cécile B. Evans
Director of Photography: Cécile B. Evans, Deepa Keshvala
Sound: Sound Design: Joe Namy
Composer: Joe Namy, Mati Gavriel, Paul Purgas
Principal cast: Alexandrina Hemsley, Rebecca Root, Viktoria Modesta, Lily McMenamy
Hair Artist: Simon Tuckwell
Make Up Artist: Billie McKenzie

Genre

Experimental Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Cécile B. Evans project with support of Balmain, Paris

Cécile B. Evans

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