Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience. Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. The stories in Monkey Sandwich are urban myths or stories created with or by the actors. The film was originally part of a stage performance of the same name.
Prehistoric Pregnant Woman
2092년 죽음을 눈앞에 둔 118살 '니모'는 한 기자와의 인터뷰를 통해 인생의 첫 번째 선택을 떠올린다. 9살의 '니모'가 이혼하게 된 부모님 중 한 명을 선택하게 된 것. 그 선택을 시작으로 '니모'는 각기 다른 아홉 가지 인생을 살게 된다. 어머니를 선택한 15살의 ‘니모’는 새아버지의 딸 '안나'와 깊은 사랑에 빠지지만 어른들의 거센 반대에 부딪히고, 아버지를 선택한 15살의 '니모'는 또 다른 소녀 '앨리스'와 '진'을 만나며 첫사랑의 아픔을 겪는다. 그리고 34살의 니모는 헤어진 '안나'를 찾으러 다니는 수영장 관리인, '앨리스'와 결혼한 다큐멘터리 진행자, '진'과 결혼한 성공한 사업가로 각각 다른 인생을 살아간다. 이야기를 마친 118살 '니모'는 무엇이 진짜 인생이었는지, 무엇이 더 행복한 인생이었는지를 묻는다.
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In 2004 Wim Vandekeybus shot a 52-minute feature based on his successful performance Blush. Carried by the music of David Eugene Edwards and Woven Hand and with texts by the Flemish author Peter Verhelst, Blush is a dazzling voyage swinging between the heavenly landscapes of Corsica and the slummiest depths of Brussels. It is an exploration of the savage subconscious, of mythical forests, of conflicting instincts, of imagination, where the body has reasons unknown to the mind. In dance sequences of attraction, confrontation and repulsion the performers take on animal metamorphoses…
Two men carry a palm tree through an endless desert to an unknown destination. Los Hervideros (Seething with Rage) is an audiovisual parable about the origin of human conflicts.
