Irène lives in her cage, Grégoire lives in the apartment. The iron bars constitute the condition of their love and its limit. Grégoire is the double of Tania, the deceased wife of her Russian boss during the siege of the red city. Will Irene, haunted by Tania, be able to counter the recurrence of tragic events?
Production
The actual cage set design—intimate, oppressive, weirdly beautiful.
Acting
Linda Roy's physical performance inside literal bars.
Direction
Hayeur's theatrical background bleeds into every frame.
Director
Isabelle Hayeur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Quebec's 1990s underground cinema boom, when shoestring budgets produced some of the era's most formally daring work.
The 'siege of the red city' references the 1942-43 Battle of Stalingrad, suggesting Borkine's trauma literally occupies the domestic space.
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