Project Detail

Mare's Nest

Synopsis

Moon travels through a mysterious unexplained world free of adults. Moon meets a scholar turned sage and her translator in a mountain hut, where she tries to understand what is happening, based on a play by Don DeLillo. She meets many others who perform for her, show her a film, give her gifts, show her different possibilities for living. She observes and moves on into an unknown future.
Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Features
Running time: 98 min
Director: Ben Rivers
Producer: Ben Rivers, Andrea Queralt
Editor: Armiliah Aripin, Ben Rivers
Screenwriter: Ben Rivers (screenplay), Don DeLillo (based on the play The Word for Snow)
Director of Photography: Ben Rivers, Carmen Pellon
Production Designer: Louis Gibson
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour, Philippe Ciompi, Ben Rivers
Principal cast: Moon Guo Barker

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, France, Canada co-production

Urth Films (UK), 4A4 Productions (FR) in co-production with La Bête (FR), Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (FR), GreenGround Productions (CA)

Sales Company

Rediance

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