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Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)

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Original title

Year

2010

Running time

72 min.

Country

United States

Director

Lodge Kerrigan

Screenwriter

Lodge Kerrigan

Cast

Cinematography

Laurent Brunet, Josée Deshaies

Producer

Co-production United States-France;

SK Films, Les Films du Worso

Genre

Drama | Experimental Cinema. Film In Film. Biography

Synopsis

A biopic of Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick, filmed “secretly” and directed by Lodge Kerrigan.

A tricky one to review, Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) is Lodge Kerrigan's experimental entry to the "Un Certain Regard" competition. It's at times curiously fascinating and at others infuriatingly impenetrable and seemingly meaningless. The lead performance from Géraldine Pailhas is powerful and she'll be a force to be reckoned with in the festival's best actress award. The film revolves around her as she plays an actress preparing to play Grace Slick in a film as well as featuring as herself in sequences that break the fourth wall. It's an interesting take on the nature of performance (at least that's what I took from the film) however, too much of the film is wasted on overly long and worthless sequences, specifically two excruciatingly drawn out close-up tracking shots of Géraldine. The artistic merit of watching the back of her head as she walks down the road for literally about 20 minutes of the film is bewildering. A lot of what is displayed was undecipherable in general and although I was hypnotically drawn into the film at times, I often didn't know what to make of what I was watching. (Review from davesfilmreviews)

Awards: 2010: Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard

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Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)

2010

Lodge Kerrigan