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Phantom Love (2007)

Phantom Love (2007)
March 7, 2012 - 7:30 pm
In-person: 
Nina Menkes.

Directed by Nina Menkes

Phantom Love presents Lulu, an alienated woman who works in a casino in Los Angeles’ Koreatown; a cacophonous space offering escape from an abusive relationship and a toxic brew of family traumas. As demands on Lulu are increased and complicated, she realizes the importance and possibility of psychic escape, as a succession of enigmatic symbols (writhing snakes and squids, galloping horses) suggest the power that lies within.

Producer: Kevin Ragsdale. Cinematographer: Chris Soos. Editor: Nina Menkes. Cast: Marina Shoif, Juliette Marquis, Yelena Apartseva, Lena Bubenechik, Adi Specktor.

35mm, b/w, 87 min.