language

Cactus

by Anna Treiman

Fiction | Denmark | 2008 | HD | 30 min.

italian subtitles by EMM

date
friday 23 july
location
MONSELICE, Cinema Corallo

Helene harbors a secret sexual fantasy of being raped. She hires a gigolo to fulfill her fantasy, but the rape does not go according to the scenario. Faced with unforeseen complications to her plan, Helene must confront the true nature of her desire.

CV - ANNA TREIMAN, director Born 1979, Copenhagen, Denmark. Raised in NYC, USA. Graduated in 2002 from the Conservatory of Theater Arts and Film, SUNY-Purchase College with a B.F.A. in documentary filmmaking and cinema studies. Director-member of the alternative film school/collective Super16, 2005-2008. Has worked with narrative filmmaking since 2005. Shorts and documentaries Kaktus (Cactus), 2008 Gaven (The Gift), 2007 Halabja, 2007 Sofies Session (Sofie Gets Drafted), 2006 Pray Until Something Happens, 2006 Instrument, 2002 Interstices, 2001 Daffodils, 2000 Mein Kampf, 1999

Direction
Anna Treiman
Story
Anna Treiman & Sissel D. Thomsen
Script
Sissel D. Thomsen
Photography
Dror Kasinsky
Editing
Sofie Steenberger
Cast
Rikke Lylloff Sune Geertsen Kasper Leisner Sophie Louise Lauring
Production
Mads Damsbo

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