Reddening

REDDENING is a genre-bender arthouse fantasy film, at the intersection of contemporary performance and experimental fiction.
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“Four good friends travel through time and space for an alchemical and sensuous celebration full of phantasms. Familiar yet unexpected faces appear along the way.”
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The title REDDENING refers to the final stage of alchemy; Rubedo, in which the alchemical transformation takes place.
Historically, the practice of alchemy aimed turning base metals into silver and gold, but further, to reach Magnum Opus; divine illumination, heavenly bliss and the elixir of life. 
Different disciplines considered the alchemical transformation to take place in the stratum relevant to them; materia, psyche, spirit. Nonetheless, for the transformation to occur, alchemists had to go through a transmutation themselves.
REDDENING explores how a film, as a sensuous object, can pleasure; repulse, nurture, and overall transmute the body of the audience.
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‘Makers invite us to a strange world engulfed in delicious visuals and exhilarating music, bursting with joy; wonder, passion, tenderness, and bodily liquids.
Performers take us by the hand to go on a deeply layered yet lighthearted journey with them.’

Country
Finland

Category
European Experimental Film

Runtime 00:15:04

Directed by
Sinem Kayacan

Elina Pirinen

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