Dalmas

A disorienting, hallucinatory trip that keeps collapsing its own reality, equal parts gritty crime and playful meta-filmmaking experiment.

Directed by

Bert Deling

Genres

Drama

Starring

Peter Whittle, Peter Cummins, Max Gillies

Overview

Bert Deling's surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avant-garde and homemade filmmaking. Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts. What follows is both literal and metaphorical mayhem as the boundaries of the film start collapsing and our idea of what's real is pushed to its very limits.

How it feels

Eerie, absurd, dark and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Obsession, madness, identity, addiction

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

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