Kékszakállú
Gastón Solnicki
This film will screen on
Friday, July 21, 2017
Friday, July 21, 2017
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.
Venice Interview: Gastón Solnicki