Libera Me
Art of the Real 2014
April 11 - 26, 2014
A series of situational tableaux set in a totalitarian dictatorship creates a fable of political occupation and resistance in this undersung film by Cavalier, best known for his French New Wave–era political thrillers.
Best known for his French New Wave–era political thrillers (Fire and Ice, The Unvanquished), Alain Cavailer has also produce a body of egregiously undersung documentaries and experimental works. One of the very best is this fable of political occupation and resistance that feels somehow both alien and familiar. In this series of situational tableaux set in a totalitarian dictatorship, no words are spoken, but the soundtrack is rich with the faint sounds of bodies breathing, shifting, embracing, and struggling. The low-key lighting, palette of dim blues and browns, emotional restraint, and precise framing call to mind Bresson or Malle, but the cumulative effect of this unique film is very much all its own.
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