Self Decapitation

A haunted, fragmented descent into the body and its faulty memories, demanding patience and rewarding it with unease.

Directed by

Maximilian Le Cain, Rouzbeh Rashidi

Genres

Horror

Starring

Maximilian Le Cain, Ehsan Safarpour, Pooria Nick Dell

Overview

Self Decapitation is a Janus-headed self-portrait by Rouzbeh Rashidi and Maximilian Le Cain in which death and desire each take possession of this film in two parts. The ambiguities of inhabiting a human body are conjured by way of film technology in its faults, faulty memories and false promises. There is no escape from its haunting – except perhaps to haunt it in turn…

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, death, obsession, memory

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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