July 15 – July 22, 2022 AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE) Limited Engagement Limited Engagement | Los Feliz 3 Co-Presented by Beyond Fest
ABOUT THE FILM: AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE), 2021, Altered Innocence, 127 min, France, Dir: Bertrand Mandico. In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy (Paula Luna) unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison. Roxy and her mother Zora (Elina Löwensohn) are held accountable, banished from their community, and forced to track down the murderer named Kate Bush. Haunted by the spirits of her murdered friends, Roxy sets out on a long and strange journey across the supranatural territories of this filthy paradise. The newest vision from Bertand Mandico (THE WILD BOYS) plays like a lesbian EL TOPO (in space!) with stunning 35mm in-camera practical effects, otherworldly set pieces, and a dazzling score by Pierre Desprats.