Danse macabre

'Danse macabre', 2009

For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?

For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?

Director

Pedro Pires

Runtime

9 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Short, Drama

Keywords

death, dancer, mortician, naked body, dead

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Danse macabre

Pedro Pires, 2009

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Aspect ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

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Awards

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Winner

2019

Best Canadian Short Film

Jury Prize

Storyline

For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?

Suspended over the mortician's porcelain embalming table by a thick rope, the lifeless body of an unfortunate young woman sways freely awaiting cremation. Like an exquisite eerie dancer, the naked body contorts gracefully as the funeral director drains it from its once vital fluids, composing a languid and tragic macabre ballet, just before the cleansing embrace of the fierce scarlet flames. But is this the end or the beginning?

Summary

For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?

Synopsis

Suspended over the mortician's porcelain embalming table by a thick rope, the lifeless body of an unfortunate young woman sways freely awaiting cremation. Like an exquisite eerie dancer, the naked body contorts gracefully as the funeral director drains it from its once vital fluids, composing a languid and tragic macabre ballet, just before the cleansing embrace of the fierce scarlet flames. But is this the end or the beginning?

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Cast & crew

Cast

Anne Bruce Falconer

Actress

Crew

Director

Pedro Pires

Screenwriter

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