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Friday, December 12, 2014 - 20:30
Written by:
Adan Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast:
Asia Argento, Cristobal Jodorowsky, Helene Nymann, Jean Yves Thual
Cinematography:
Alexis Zabe
Editing:
Mathias Trouvat
Sound:
Pascal Busolin
Music:
Adan Jodorowsky
Producer:
Aurélie Florent, Adan Jodorowsky, Mathieu Sauer, Gabriela Serra
Production:
Knightworks
Romanian premiere
Taking place in a mythical Miami, THE VOICE THIEF follows the protagonist’s nighttime odyssey in search of for his opera-singer-wife’s lost voice, as he meets a dwarf prostitute, a transvestite and her gold dripping vagina, and many self-doubts. “Embodied with humor and absurdity, the film is a neo-extravagant fantasy blending the bitter-sweetness of a romantic drama with the grotesqueness of an ego-maniacal intensity. Its multiple layers are captivating: it is as much a strong essay focused on searching the essence of humanity, as a contemplation on the alienated self in a mad world invaded by over-sexuality, rebelliousness and despair.” (Ioana Mischie, Nisimazine)
Director:
ADAN JODOROWSKY (b. October 1979) is a French-Chilean-Mexican musician and film director. He resides between Paris and Mexico City where he participates in movies as an actor / director and composes music for films such as The Dance of Reality, directed by his father, the legendary Alejandro Jodorowsky. Adan Jodorowsky has acted in seven films to this day, having won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actors for this role in the celebrated Santa Sangre, by Alejandro Jodorowsky. In 2014 he embarked his career as a film director with The Voice Thief.
Contact:
adanowsky[at]gmail[dot]com
Festivals, awards:
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014
- Short Film Grand Jury Prize & Short Film Audience Award – l’Etrange Festival, Paris 2014
- Short Film Grand Prize – Gérardmer International Fantastical Film Festival 2014
- Seattle International Film Festival 2014
- Nashville Film Festival 2014
- Slamdance Film Festival 2014
- Marfa International Short Film Festival 2014
Director's statement:
We are fruits of sexuality. Our parents had sex and here we are. You cannot erase sexuality in the movies, it’s a part of life. And the fact that everyone is half woman, half man always attracted me. We have two parts. That’s what I’m showing. (Adan Jodorowsky, Nisimazine Interview)
Curator's comment:
Although the cinematic diegesis seems to portray Naya – a soprano who loses her voice – as the protagonist, the most powerful character is Naver, her husband, who tries desperately to recover her voice, in order to regain her love and faith. (…) The voice itself is distinctly envisaged in the film – as a spiritual, contagious fluid. Although the master plan is not successful, the characters seem to save their souls in an unexpected way. It’s hard to choose a visual eikon when everything is a tableau vivant: over-filled with axiological and genealogical references, the film still breathes a fresh, mesmerizing Jodorowskyian perspective. (…) The interconnectedness of all the meanings transforms this short film into a controversial, yet juicy, in depth-contemplation of the contemporary values we aim / love / die for. THE VOICE THIEF succeeds to give wholeness to a vibrantly imaginative universe. (Ioana Mischie, Nisimazine)
We are fruits of sexuality. Our parents had sex and here we are. You cannot erase sexuality in the movies, it’s a part of life. And the fact that everyone is half woman, half man always attracted me. We have two parts. That’s what I’m showing. (Adan Jodorowsky, Nisimazine Interview)
Curator's comment:
Although the cinematic diegesis seems to portray Naya – a soprano who loses her voice – as the protagonist, the most powerful character is Naver, her husband, who tries desperately to recover her voice, in order to regain her love and faith. (…) The voice itself is distinctly envisaged in the film – as a spiritual, contagious fluid. Although the master plan is not successful, the characters seem to save their souls in an unexpected way. It’s hard to choose a visual eikon when everything is a tableau vivant: over-filled with axiological and genealogical references, the film still breathes a fresh, mesmerizing Jodorowskyian perspective. (…) The interconnectedness of all the meanings transforms this short film into a controversial, yet juicy, in depth-contemplation of the contemporary values we aim / love / die for. THE VOICE THIEF succeeds to give wholeness to a vibrantly imaginative universe. (Ioana Mischie, Nisimazine)