PREVIEW: Flux Gourmet (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Asa Butterfield (Journey’s End), Gwendoline Christie (The Personal History of David Copperfield), Ariane Labed (The Souvenir), Fatma Mohamed (In Fabric), Makis Papadimitriou (Chevalier), Leo Bill (Rare Beasts), Richard Bremmer (In the Heart of the Sea)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio), director, writer; Serena Armitage (film debut) and Pietro Greppi (Departure), producers; Tim Sidell (Two for Joy), cinematographer; Matyas Fekete (The Duke of Burgundy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Billy (Butterfield), Lamina (Labed) and Elle di Elle (Mohamed) form a troupe of experimental performance artists, known for their process of extracting odd sounds from food. They take up residency at a high-end remote facility, overseen by enigmatic director Jan Stevens (Christie), while Greek journalist Stones (Papadimitriou) is hired to document the troupe’s day-to-day activities. However, Stones soon finds that he is slowly becoming part of the eccentric collective…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Peter Strickland, a filmmaker known for oddball genre-defying pictures, debuts a brand-new oddity that’s certain to be a feast for all the senses.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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