Las Meninas (2008)
Las Meninas (2008)
Look where you dare not, and find yourself staring back.
This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.

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Cast

Mykola Veresen Mykola Veresen As: Father
Lyubov Timoshevskaya Lyubov Timoshevskaya As: Mother
Hanna Yarovenko Hanna Yarovenko As: Daughter
Dmytro Chernyavsky Dmytro Chernyavsky As: Son
Ilona Arsentieva Ilona Arsentieva As: Young Daughter
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Storyline

This film is about what the routine of everyday life can do to the human mind and psyche. It also reflects on the importance of the choices we make and how limited these choices are in the first place. The plot evolves around a family of four. They live in the suburbs, in a strange villa that appears, through a complex game of mirrors, to be more like a piece of installation art than a real house. The main character, who hardly appears on screen, is the son, a man in his thirties. Suffering from asthma and eczema since childhood, he uses his condition to manipulate his parents and his sister. Thus the existence of the terrorized family turns into an endless ritual of attempting to satisfy his whims, and always on the alert for yet another one of his “health crises”. Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture – something that makes the film itself personal and unique.


Tagline: Look where you dare not, and find yourself staring back.
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: Français, Український

Release Date: 25 January 2008

Country: UA

Runtime: 99m

Company Credits

Company: MF Films (UA)

Budget: $850,000

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Cast

Directed By

Ihor Podolchak

Ihor Podolchak

Director

Dean Karr

Dean Karr

Co-Director

Writing Credits

Ihor Podolchak

Ihor Podolchak

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Tetyana Moskal

Tetyana Moskal

Costume Design

Tamara Podolchak

Tamara Podolchak

Costume Design

Sound

Visual Effects

Ihor Podolchak

Ihor Podolchak

Visual Effects

Camera

Serhiy Mykhalchuk

Serhiy Mykhalchuk

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Svitlana Makarenko

Svitlana Makarenko

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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