Eat, for This Is My Body ( Mange, ceci est mon corps )

Eat, for This Is My Body (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mange, ceci est mon corps
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
105 min + 42 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Michelange Quay

Written By:
Michelange Quay

Actors:
Sylvie Testud ..... Madame
Catherine Samie ..... La mère de Madame
Hans Dacosta Saint-Val ..... Patrick
Jean Noël Pierre ..... L'albinos

Synopsis:

Set in his native Haiti, director/screenwriter Michaelange Quay's sophomore feature is a poetic, taboo-shattering meditation on the flow of power between black and while centering on a pale woman (Sylvie Testud) 's bizarre relationship with numerous dark-skinned children. As a group of young black boys slowly filter into the chateau of a ghostly French woman, the ritual that follows offers a haunting meditation on Haiti's colonial legacy.

Haiti. An exploration of race and gender. A group of black boys walk across a parched landscape and into a grand chateau. There they are cleaned up and clothed in new suits. Afterwards, they are brought to meet their hostess where they must endure her pale, trembling hand touching their dark skin. And what follows is a round of surreal and sober games.

Haiti. Under the gaze of her old dying mother, Madame, attracted by her young black servant, Patrick, is swept into a whirlwind of sensuality, which is to draw her down from her mountain and into the depths of the slums, where she will discover a nearby yet hitherto unsuspected world...

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