
TheZapruderfilmmakersgrouptellsthenever-before-toldstoryofHerculesintwelvevignettes.Atpetrolstationsandroundabouts,insportshalls,sculpturestoreroomsandatmusicfestivals,weencountertheGreekheroasadistanttranslation:performancesbybodiesandmachinesre-enactscenesfromsword-and-sandalfilmslinkedtohim.Inthisfilm,weareconfrontedwithHerculesandtheideaofthemythinamannerthatisbothscatteredandcompressed:thestorieshavebecomeunrecognisableandwhatremainsisalwaysthesamemotifofafight–againstbulldozers,trainingbags,time,oroneself.ZeusMachine.L’invincibleisthedocumentofperformancesandisasafilmitselfaperformancethatsetsnarrative,documentaryandexperimentmodesinmotiontoreallyshakeupanoldmanbeforepickingupthevestigesofhimthatremain.