Casanova Gene (2018)
A person enters the frame dressed up as a bird. In a dressing room, John Malkovich sheds the costume of Casanova. A young woman's skirt is just as orange as the beak of a zebra finch singing in a cage. White lilies stand at the foot of a statue of the Virgin Mary, red roses in front of the window of an SM studio. There the quiet game of submission in exchange for money, in a museum an embrace, a poem whispered in the ear. Children playing in a forest in autumn. A forest in summer, framed by light. An orgasm and a dance.
Director:
Luise Donschen
Writer:
Luise Donschen
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Wolfgang Forstmeier as |
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John Malkovich as |
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Elija Pott as |
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Undine de Rivière as |
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Lumi Lausas as |
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Luise Donschen as |
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Zacharias Zitouni as |
| Directing | Luise Donschen | Director |
| Camera | Helena Wittmann | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Luise Donschen | Screenplay |
| Sound | Erik Manouz | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Luise Donschen | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina Duve | Costume Design |
| Production | Luise Donschen | Producer |
| Sound | Nikolas Kuhl | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Finlay Braithwaite | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Fried | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Steffen Danek | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Karsten Krause | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Nika Son | Sound |
| Sound | Roman Vehlken | Sound |