Kékszakállú
54th New York Film Festival
September 30 - 11, 2016
Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki’s new film is a playful portrait of spiritual lethargy, partly inspired by Béla Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle, comprised of moments drawn from memory, with an elliptical continuity that freely moves according to forms, colors, sounds, and states of being.
The new film from Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki (Papirosen) is a singularity: a playful portrait of spiritual lethargy. Partly inspired by Béla Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle (vivid passages are heard throughout the film), it is comprised of moments that seem to have been drawn from memory, with an elliptical continuity that moves according to forms, colors, sounds, and states of being. There is no protagonist in Kékszakállú, but several young women blanketed under layers of sunlit lassitude and politely tamped down discomfort. Nevertheless, this is a joyful experience, moving inexorably toward liberation. An NYFF54 selection. A Cinema Tropical/Cinema Slate release.
Inviting and approachable.
—Scott Tobias, Variety
Bewildering, experimental drama.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
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