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Directed by Mai Zetterling | 51 minutes | 15+ | Australian Premiere |
11:00am Saturday, 16 May | Balam Balam Place - Cinema 2 | Buy Tickets | Buy Passes
Acclaimed feminist Swedish actor/director Mai Zetterling's rarely shown heartbreak ballad exploring despair and hope in the wake of divorce.
Co-Presented by The Melbourne Cinémathèque
Swedish multi-hyphenate Mai Zetterling directs and stars in this deeply personal study of a self-sacrificing woman reeling from her husband’s abandonment, told through flashbacks and fantasies.Zetterling blends the theatrical and cinematic to express a woman’s mind and body on the verge. Intense monologues whisper over Zetterling’s cropped hair and grieving eyes as she tries to rebuild and reconceive her life, and the movie howls for her all the while.
Screens with Lotte Reiniger's The Stolen Heart (10 mins), a 1934 German stop motion shadow puppet also about the ways men can take all that's meaningful to someone.
SIMILAR: The Tale (2018), Breaking the Waves, Cleo from 5 to 7, Meshes of the Afternoon, Neigh Means Yes
“Through several stylistic choices, Zetterling moves beyond clichés and into the woman’s mind, addressing issues of life purpose, the immaturity of attachment, and the infantilization of women in marriage.”- Mariah Larsson, Cinema of Obsession: The Life and Work of Mai Zetterling
“The woman’s dreams have gotten an evil red colour.” - Mai Zetterling, We Have Many Names
Country: Sweden
Year: 1976
Language: Swedish