Fuck Me + The house is black
The House Is Black
(Khaneh siah ast)
Forough Farrokhzad
- 1962
- Iran
- Documentary
- 20mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Black and white
In 1962, in her only film, the Persian poetess Forough Farrokhzad follows the daily lives of the residents of a leper colony. The House is Black was a revolution for Iranian cinema. By confronting us to ugliness, she annihilates it: only beauty remains. Farrokhzad films likes she writes her verse - that she recites throughout the film - in a cinema style reminiscent of Paradjanov, haunting like a melody, capable of grasping the motion of life as well as the splendor of the inanimate. Admired by Chris Marker, this short film dazzles the eye as powerfully as it pierces the heart.
Credits
- With : Forough Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri...
- Screenplay : Forough Farrokhzad
- Photography : Soleiman Minassian
- Editing : Forough Farrokhzad
- Production : Ebrahim Golestan
Fuck Me
(Baise-moi)
Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
- 2000
- France
- Police / Drama
- 1h17mn
- French
- Color
After one of them is raped and murders her brother, two friends, Nadine and Manu, go on the run. Their suicidal flight is punctuated by killings and carnal impulses.
Those who let themselves be blinded by the scandal caused by the explicit sex scenes that led to its adult only rating, likely missed upon the genuine cinematic statement that was Virginie Despentes’ adaptation of her own novel, co-directed with Coralie Trinh Thi. A feminist manifesto way ahead of its time, a punk scream, rough edged and raw, what if this trashy Thelma and Louise was nothing but a prototype of French exploitation movies, reconnecting with the political virulence of the 1970s? A rape and revenge movie, entirely conceived from women’s perspective, in the vein of A Gun For Jennifer.
Credits
- With : Karen Lancaume, Raffaëla Anderson, Céline Beugnot, Adama Niane...
- Screenplay : Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi (adapted from the novel 'Fuck me' by Virginie Despentes)
- Photography : Benoît Chamaillard
- Editing : Aïlo Auguste-Judith, Francine Lemaitre
- Music by : Varou Jan
- Production : Philippe Godeau
Screenings
11/09 • 19h30 • Screen 300
Presented by Anna Mouglalis. In the presence of Coralie Trinh Thi
