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The Falling Star
Directed by Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel
Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel (THE FAIRY, LOST IN PARIS) delight audiences with their blend of slapstick and burlesque. Their latest “crime movie” transmutes the codes of film noir through their characteristically colorful palette and clownish plot twists. Abel plays Boris, a former activist hiding from his dark past, keeping in the shadows as a barkeeper, until a one-armed vigilante finally hunts him down. The fortuitous appearance of a double—the depressive recluse Dom (also played by Abel) seems to offer the perfect decoy. But his tenacious and loopy ex-wife, the private eye Fiona (Gordon), could foil their master plan. Abel and Gordon’s memorable dose of hilarity seems perfectly calibrated to the social mood; each deceptively minimalistic set piece brims with a cinematic intelligence that recalls Tati and Keaton. The cast features Philippe Martz and Bruno Romy and the Japanese dancer Kaori Ito, who plays a willful and hilariously unpredictable femme fatale.
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“Next time someone wistfully insists, “They don’t make ’em like they used to,” why not point that nostalgic cinephile to the work of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon? The Belgium-based creative couple are almost single-handedly keeping the classic burlesque tradition alive on-screen.”
“A lightly Shakespearean comedy of errors… Feels almost like a series of tableaus, scenes painted in rich hues of deep green and bright red and warm gold, dressed sparingly but strikingly. Each frame recalls the fussy, otherworldly precision of Jacques Tati or Wes Anderson.”
“What if Jacques Tati made a film noir? It’s funny, it’s unexpected.”
“A symphony of primary colors...bodies which speak louder than words, dances which suddenly possess the various characters, and irresistible visual ingeniousness.”
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Color: Color
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| Venue | City | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ByTowne Cinema | Ottawa | ON | 1726027200September 11 - September 13, 2024 |
| Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe | Santa Fe | NM | 1726200000September 13 - September 19, 2024 |
| Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | OH | 1725508800September 5 - September 8, 2024 |
| Dairy Arts Center | Boulder | CO | 1726632000September 18 - September 22, 2024 |
| Gene Siskel Film Center | Chicago | IL | 1726200000September 13 - September 19, 2024 |
| Guild Cinema | Albuquerque | NM | 1726804800September 20 - September 26, 2024 |
| Kiggins Theatre | Vancouver | WA | 1726200000September 13 - September 19, 2024 |
| Laemmle Theatres | Los Angeles | CA | 1726804800September 20 - September 26, 2024 |
| Quad Cinema | New York | NY | 1724990400August 30 - September 12, 2024 |
| Tara Theatre | Atlanta | GA | 1726200000September 13 - September 19, 2024 |
| Wilmette Theatre | Wilmette | IL | 1726804800September 20 - September 26, 2024 |