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Excruciating Beauty of Melody, The

Genre

Drama, Experimental, Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Lasha Mowchun

Date: Jun 2014
Length: 00:19:53
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: HD
Sound Format: Dialogue, Music

Synopsis

Using fantasy and delusion Mendel, a young Jewish man coming of age, realizes that his body is becoming a musical instrument. At first a piano haunts him from a distance. It moves closer until the sound is inside of him. His hair, teeth and arms become musical. The score of the film is the soundtrack of Mendel’s body.

Tags

family, Judaism, magic realism, mental health, queer, schizophrenia

Credits

Director
Lasha Mowchun
Producer
Lasha Mowchun
Writer
Lasha Mowchun
Camera
Lasha Mowchun, Ryan Simmons, Warren Hermit
Original Score
Scott Leroux, Riley Hill
Editor
Lasha Mowchun
Cast
Daniel Thau-Ellef, Peggy Hamilton, Rebecca Wilson, Rick Gensiorek, Lisa Johnston

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