Bildrausch Filmfest Basel 9, Catalogue 2019

The sun is a dazzling yellow, the sky a crisp blue,
and at some point everyone only sees red. Love Me Not
is a tragedy of biblical proportions, which doesn’t take
place among temples and sacred sites, but in the
parched desert of the Middle East. Here, the mysterious
prophet Yokanaan is held captive in a dungeon by
the ruling army, accused of being a terrorist because
of his nonconformist predictions. But when Salome,
the stepdaughter of the Supreme Commander Antipas,
finds out about the mysterious prisoner, she is soon
taken by him, and an increasingly absurd and scheming
tale of lust, greed, violence and injured vanity is set
in motion. For his second feature film, the Spanish
filmmaker and producer Lluís Miñarro has taken
plenty of narrative and visual risks to make his stylised
adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “Salome”. In a fatal spiral of
politics and violence, he discovers beauty in a landscape
captured by razor-sharp images and in the delightfully
filmed bodies that move in it. Inspired by his
bold passion for exciting, courageous and sensual cinema,
the multi-talented film rebel Miñarro creates a
highly charged blend of mythology and modernity. (ph)
· Love Me Not
· Spain, Mexico 2019
· 82 min. Colour. DCP. ES/CA/en
· Director: Lluís Miñarro
· Screenplay: Lluís Miñarro, Sergi Belbel
· Cinematography: Santiago Racaj
· Editing: Núria Esquerra, Gemma Cabello
· Music: Esteban Aldrete
· With Ingrid García-Jonsson, Oliver Laxe,
Francesc Orella, Lola Dueñas
· Producers: Lluís Miñarro,
Julio Chavezmontes
· Contact: Reel Suspects, Paris,
www.reelsupects.com
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THU 20.6. 19:15
kult.kino atelier
In attendance of Lluís Miñarro
FRI 21.6. 15:00
kult.kino atelier
In attendance of Lluís Miñarro
LOVE ME NOT