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Mare's Nest

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
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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

Categories

Fiction

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)

Urth Films

c/o Rediance

Sales Company

Rediance

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