You Burn Me
The tragic romantic relationship between ancient Greek poet Sappho and the siren goddess Britomartis becomes the starting point for Matías Piñeiro’s elegantly constructed exercise of research, performance, and interpretation by a group of contemporary women.
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In his consistently generative films, Argentinian filmmaker Matías Piñeiro (The Princess of France, NYFF52; Isabella, NYFF58) finds compelling cinematic ways to express the eternal hold that classical texts have on the modern world. In his inventive You Burn Me, the tragic romantic relationship between ancient Greek poet Sappho and the siren goddess Britomartis, as described in “Sea Foam,” a chapter in Italian novelist Cesare Pavese’s 1947 book Dialogues with Leucò, becomes the starting point for an elegantly constructed exercise of research, performance, and interpretation by a group of contemporary women. Given to repetition and abstraction, Piñeiro’s film brings desire and myth to vivid life, reflecting the fragmented nature of what remains of Sappho’s poetry. A Cinema Guild release.
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