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Casanovagen

Deutschland 2017/2018 Dokumentarfilm

Casanova Gene

The introduction is seductively simple, iconographically speaking. Gondolas, with the Campanile di San Marco in the background: Venice. A carnival creature decked out in feathers poses before the backdrop. From the birthplace of Giacomo Casanova, whose name is synonymous with male seduction, we move on to biologists, who seek to prove the existence of a Casanova gene using finches. If, as they say, female polygamy has no value from an evolutionary perspective, yet still exists in nature, it must be passed down from father to daughter. An actor playing Casanova gives an interview in the changing room after a show and transforms back into John Malkovich. A dominatrix receives a client; children play in the forest. The montage deftly weaves together a tapestry spun from aspects of nature and culture, gender roles, desire, sexuality, body and embodiment. Staged and documentary episodes shot on 16mm are edited together, leaving space for complex associations. Thematic connections correspond with visual ones: Nature as a forest, houseplants and oil paintings, feathers, glittery shoes and a red skirt provide food for the eye as well as the mind. A film that itself knows how to seduce.

Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Luise Donschen

Screenplay

  • Luise Donschen (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Helena Wittmann

Editing

  • Luise Donschen

Music

  • Erik Manouz

Production company

  • Luise Donschen (Berlin)

Producer

  • Luise Donschen

Alle Credits

Director

  • Luise Donschen

Screenplay

  • Luise Donschen (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Helena Wittmann

Costume design

  • Katharina Duve

Editing

  • Luise Donschen

Sound design

  • Nika Breithaupt

Sound

  • Finlay Braithwaite
  • Nika Breithaupt
  • Louis Fried
  • Steffen Danek
  • Nikolas Kuhl
  • Karsten Krause
  • Julia Tielke
  • Roman Vehlken

Music

  • Erik Manouz

Participation

  • Wolfgang Forstmeier
  • John Malkovich
  • Elija Pott
  • Undine de Rivière
  • Lumi Lausas
  • Luise Donschen
  • Zacharias Zitouni

Production company

  • Luise Donschen (Berlin)

Producer

  • Luise Donschen

Funding

  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
Duration:
67 min
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 17.02.2018, Berlin, IFF - Forum

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Casanovagen
  • Weiterer Titel Casanova Gene

Versions

Original

Duration:
67 min
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 17.02.2018, Berlin, IFF - Forum

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/casanovagen_40fd6351e73d4e7aad1b2c1a811fe1a1