Naked Blue

A hushed, hypnotic dance portrait that drifts between rehearsal and reverie, asking you to watch closely as a young performer dissolves into blue light.

Directed by

Manon Lutanie, Mati Diop

Starring

Oumy Bruni Garrel

Overview

Naked Blue was developed through a collaboration with Oumy Bruni Garrel, the film’s protagonist, and Devonté Hynes, who composed its score (performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra). From this combined star power emerges a work of startling intimacy, which follows then-13-year-old Oumy’s choreographed movements through a studio set painted an underwater blue, as she dances in front of mirrors and salutes an imaginary audience. Under the blazing lights and swelling music, her performance recalls a screen test or dance film—but the resulting work breaks free from the proscenium frame typical of those genres. — Museum of Modern Art

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, art, coming-of-age, isolation

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

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

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