JAYNE AMARA ROSS
SHORT FILMS
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THE FREEMARTIN CALF (2010)EXPERIMENTAL FICTION / 40' / HAND-PROCESSED SUPER 8 & 16MM / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY FRÉDÉRIC D. OBERLAND WITH GASPAR CLAUS / WITH FABIENNE MÉSENGE, ORNA ASSOULINE, NICK ALLDRIDGE & MATHIEU LEBLANC AVAILABLE ON DVD
THE FREEMARTIN CALF IS A TROUBLING VISUAL ODYSSEY, A QUOTIDIAN FICTION, A DIVE INTO THE PSYCHE OF A YOUNG MOTHER RAISING HER PREADOLESCENT DAUGHTER (…) VISUAL SYMPHONIES PLAY SOUNDTRACK TO THE POETIC VOICE-OVER, EXPANDING INTO A SERIES OF IMAGES OF RARE FILMIC BEAUTY (…). WE ARE SHAKEN BY THE TRUTH THAT RESIDES IN THIS INNOVATIVE EXPRESSION OF THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE. RAPHAËL BASSAN     |