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TheCo(te)letteFilmisthefilmversionofthedanceproductionCo(te)lette.BritishdirectorMikeFiggiswasonboardtodirectthisuncompromisingfilmbasedonaconceptandchoreographybyAnnVandenBroek.Thefilmwasselectedforthesegment‘BelgianCinemaToday’oftheInternationalFilmFestivalinGhent.<br/> InTheCo(te)letteFilmthreewomendanceinaratherintimateatmosphere,caughtbetweendesireandfulfillment.Noconfrontation,rivalry,story,solutionorending;thestorylineinTheCo(te)letteFilmisrestlessandempty.<br/> “Devastated!Quitedevastated!ThatishowyoufeelafterwatchingMikeFiggis’sfilmversionofAnnVandenBroek’sintense,controversialandaward-winningchoreographyCo(te)lette.Afterwardthediscussioncanflareup,asitdoesaftereverydancefilm,aboutthefilmmaker’scontributiontothisuniqueartform.OnethatreachesseldomseenheightsthankstotheFlemishchoreographer.WithfilmssuchasLeavingLasVegas,Mr.Jones,InternalAffairsonhisrésumé,MikeFiggisisnotjustanyoneeither.WithTimecodeheshowedthathewasnotafraidtoexplorenewnarrativeforms.InTheCo(te)letteFilmheagainuseshistriedandtestedsplit-screensystem.Heusesitsparinglyanditdoesnotdistracttheviewerfromthechoreographyitself.<br/> Itconcernsthreewomenwhoareconfrontedbytheirownbodiesaswellasthebodiesoftheotherwomen.Theyalsowanttoengagethespectatorsstandingaroundthepodium.Thankstothecamerawork,whichalternatesbetweenclose-upsandlongshots,thecinemaaudienceisengagedaswell.Alltheelementsadduptoaconfrontationalperformanceaboutdesire,lust,fulfillment,attraction,rejection,seduction,searching,findingandnotfinding.Unlikethestageproduction,inthefilmtherearespectatorsstandingaroundthepodium.WhenAnnVandenBroekwonaprestigiousDutchdanceawardforCo(te)lette,thejurycalledit‘adaringandfragilechoreography,raw,confrontationalandgripping’.Thereisnobetterwaytodescribethephysicalpoweroftheperformance.Thescarsonthedancers’bodiesarevisible.Figgis’scameraismerciless.”<br/> Source:FilmFestivalGhent<br/> directorMikeFiggis<br/> conceptandchoreographyAnnVandenBroek<br/> danceFraukeMariën,CeciliaMoisioandJuditRuizOnandi<br/> extra’sandunderstudy’sErinHarty,KarenLambertsandEmmaSeresia<br/> specialextra’sLieAntonissen,SurahDohnke<br/> première19October,2010,FilmfestivalGhent(B)
