A fever dream of Catholic school trauma where bodies speak what words cannot.
A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.
Direction
Girard's camera worships bodies in motion like prayer.
Score
Music that feels like remembering something you buried.
Director
François Girard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Canadian television in 1991. Imagine PBS airing this now. You can't.
Gilles Maheu's Carbone 14 dance troupe pioneered this bruised, urban-romantic style. This is their cinematic peak before Girard went Hollywood with The Red Violin.
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