SOH10 the Opera (2003)

Genre : Drama, Science Fiction, Music

Runtime : 1H 12M

Director : Soh Alex Vermeulen

Synopsis

The opera begins at the end. The woman has just experienced a terrible accident, a crash of both the computer and her brain to which the computer is connected. The first two parts take us through the reconstruction of her story, the use of her body, speech, memory and the data banks and central brain of the computer. She shares genetic, organic material with the computer as the computer replaces parts of her body with its cybernetic material. The relationship is unclear to both of them. Where reality exists is in a floating multi-layered network of hallucinations, fractured memories and her externalized inner life viewed on the computers screens, the film itself. She is physically present, witnessing and participating in the story on the stage, the computer, consisting of screens, sounds, musical icons and a glass central unit on which the woman performs her rituals of reconstruction. The story unfolds to her and to us simultaneously in a quest to understand what caused the accident...

Actors

Kate Strong
Kate Strong
The scientist
Frank Feys
Frank Feys
Manfred Stern
Kristiaan Horvers
Kristiaan Horvers
Monk
Jason Cowell
Jason Cowell
Hacker
Mark Horton
Mark Horton
Attacker
Zoe Hey
Zoe Hey
The scientist age 8
Ilse Kaldenbach
Ilse Kaldenbach
The scientist age 16
Ben Klerks
Ben Klerks
Disabled
David Kekone
David Kekone
Criminal
Art Gutierrez
Art Gutierrez
Ritual healer
Bart Jansen
Bart Jansen
Mental patient
Irena Vrbanac
Irena Vrbanac
Anke Verhagen
Anke Verhagen
Love partner

Crews

Soh Alex Vermeulen
Soh Alex Vermeulen
Director
Soh Alex Vermeulen
Soh Alex Vermeulen
Writer
David Shea
David Shea
Writer
David Shea
David Shea
Music
Benito Strangio
Benito Strangio
Cinematography