Dancer, The
Danseuse, La · dir. Stéphanie Di Giusto
France, Belgium 2016, 108’ · Polish premiere
18 October, 19:30 · CKK Jordanki
Born in the American Midwest, nothing in her background destined farm girl Loïe Fuller to become the toast of Europe’s Belle Epoque cabarets, even less to dance at the Paris Opera. Hidden behind metres of silk, her arms extended by long wooden rods, Loïe reinvents her body on stage and enthralls her audiences a little more every night with her revolutionary Serpentine dance. Dazzling the capital, she becomes an icon, the blazing symbol of a generation. Eminent admirers fall at her feet: Toulouse-Lautrec, the Lumière Brothers, Rodin. Even if the physical effort risks destroying her back, even if the glare of the stage lights sears her eyes, she will never falter in the quest to perfect her art. But her meeting with Isadora Duncan ― a young prodigy hungry for glory ― will lead to the downfall of this icon of the early 20th century… The remarkable destiny of a modern woman who revolutionized her era.
| Director: | Stéphanie Di Giusto |
| Screenplay: | Stéphanie Di Giusto, Sarah Thibau |
| Cinematography: | Benoît Debie |
| Editing: | Géraldine Mangenot |
| Cast: | Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens |
| Production: | Alain Attal |
| Producer: | Les Productions du Trésor |
| Awards: | FF w Cannes / Cannes FF – oficjalna selekcja w sekcji Un Certain Regard Award / Un Certain Regard Award section: official selection (2016) |
Stéphanie Di Giusto is a French film director, photographer and art director. After her studies at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and ESAG Penninghen in Paris, she began her career in advertising. She subsequently directed music videos. She has also collaborated with Vanessa Bruno, creating video installations and shorts for the designer's collections. The Dancer is her feature directorial debut.
Filmography:
- 2016 ― The Dancer / La Danseuse
2016 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Open meetings
- Concerts and performances
- On Air
- Shortcut
- From Poland
- Localisations
- Phenomena: Thelma & Louise
- New Croatian Cinema
- Cinema of Scotland
- Masters: Allan Starski
- Tribute to David Bowie
- Focus: Bent Hamer
- Focus: Erik Poppe
- Forward: Tómas Lemarquis
- Forward: Sonja Richter
- Forum 2015/2016
- Night Owls
- Polish independent film classics
- Special screenings
- The Comanche Territory
- Przygrywka
- Movieplay!
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- The Festival Club: NRD