Entre chien et loup

Synopsis

In order to no longer suffer the oppression of a regime veering towards fascism, Graça departs. She finds refuge in a community, present on the stage of a theatre, which wants to experiment with the theme of Lars von Trier’s film Dogville: the reception of the other. Will this community receive her any differently? Will she be able to escape the modes of exploitation deployed by the individual in a capitalist society? Once again weaving ties between cinema and theatre, Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy offers a disturbing game in which the ambiguities of the characters and the destabilising presence of the screen and camera on stage create a constant series of inversions. Through this scenic device, the artist shifts the perspectives of the Danish filmmaker’s work. By holding a mirror up to the mechanisms of fascism, Christiane Jatahy explores the central questions of our time in the context of an ongoing and overwhelming present.