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MULTI-AWARD-WINNING QUEER SCI-FI FANTASY ROMANCE “AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE)” FROM VISIONARY DIRECTOR BERTRAND MANDICO COMES TO VOD AUGUST 30TH
Available next month on AppleTV, Amazon, GooglePlay, Vudu, and Vimeo in North America
The latest from the director of THE WILD BOYS stars Elina Löwensohn (KNIFE+HEART, LET THE CORPSES TAN, NADJA, SCHINDLER’S LIST, SIMPLE MEN), Vimala Pons (ELLE), Agata Buzek (REDEMPTION), and Paula Luna
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Locarno, TIFF Midnight Madness, Fantastic Fest, Sitges Film Festival
AWARDS: Fantastic Fest — Jury Award, Best Fantastic Feature, Locarno — FIPRESCI Prize, Sitges Film Festival — José Luis Guarner Critic’s Award, Best Film & Special Prize of the Jury, Secció Oficial Fantàstic
“[A] psychedelic fever dream of a movie”
Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New York Times
“Seductive, ethereal, and bizarre… A kaleidoscopic fantasy warped through the lens of a 1970s sci-fi Western, After Blue is a synthetic siren song for the freaks of the future and the past”
Jude Dry, IndieWire
“Forget Arrakis (so last year), or Tatooine (très gauche), and don’t even mention Solaris (ugh, way too complicated); the cognoscenti know the fictional planet this season is After Blue… A sapphic blending of Westerns and mythology”
Josh Kupecki, The Austin Chronicle
Synopsis: In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison. Roxy and her mother Zora (Elina Löwensohn) are held accountable, banished from their community, and forced to track the murderer named Kate Bush down. Haunted by the spirits of her murdered friends, Roxy starts a long journey pacing the supernatural territories of this filthy paradise.
The newest vision from Bertrand Mandico (The Wild Boys) plays like a lesbian El Topo (in space!) with stunning 35mm in-camera practical effects, otherworldly set pieces, and a dazzling score by Pierre Desprats.
Starring: Elina Löwensohn (Knife+Heart, Let The Corpses Tan, Nadja, Schindler’s List, Simple Men), Vimala Pons (Elle), Agata Buzek (Redemption), and Paula Luna
Written and directed by: Bertrand Mandico
Produced by: Emmanuel Chaumet
Specs: 129 min, 2021, French, English, and Polish with English subtitles, France
