Balançoires

A chaotic, playful carnival ride that turns strange and unsettling, with jittery camera and jarring cuts making you work to keep up.

Directed by

Noël Renard

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Hubert Daix, Valentine Gragowska, Josette Perdriat

Overview

A young couple go to the carnival. After some savage heavy petting they meet a sinister fakir who offers to sell them Truth for six sous. A set of uncanny events follow. At worst 'avant-gardist' in the extreme, at best the counterpart to Cœur Fidèle's 'fête foraine' sequence after the abolition of melodrama. Excellent black screen cutting and chaotic camera shaking characterize the style.

How it feels

Absurd, eerie, whimsical and dark. Brisk and demanding.

About

Identity, deception, obsession, madness

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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