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Sea without Shore

Country: Sweden | UK, Language: English, 90 mins

  • Director: André Semenza; Fernanda Lippi
  • Writer: Fernanda Lippi; André Semenza
  • Producer: Fernanda Lippi; André Semenza

CGiii Comment

Never has 90 minutes felt so long.

Call it what you will: Interpretive, contemporary dance, performance art...what it is...is a hair's width away from abject catatonia.

The music is dull and monotonal. The choreography is...jerky, repetitive, more made-up-on-the-spot than improvisation. The photography - considering this is an art piece - falls short of being artful.

As for the sparse, poetically-inclined voice-over...well, they needn't have bothered, the words neither enhance nor drive the dismal narrative.

For those not au fait with this 'art-form' - a sound sleep is assured.


Trailer...

Sea without Shore (2015) Trailer from Zikzira Physical Theatre on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A rhythmically captivating exploration of love and loss at the fin-de-siècle. An amorous relationship between two women abruptly cut short. Dissolving under the impact of the loss of her soul mate, the surviving lover is drawn into the depths of mid-winter forests, into spheres of the subconscious, initiated by unknown forces. There is no return. The stream-of-consciousness narration, a collage of poetic fragments, features words by 16th century lesbian poet Katherine Philips, 19th century fin de siècle poets Renée Vivien and Algernon Charles Swinburne whose agnostic, visionary poetry lend the film a hypnotic quality.

Cast & Characters

Livia Rangel;    
Fernanda Lippi;    
Anna Mesquita;    
Ankie Hermansson