Based on a concept by Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires’s exquisitely photographed morbid ballet pushes the traditional dance film to new cinematic heights. In haunting deserted spaces, the choreographed erratic motions of a corpse evoke the final spasms of life and a last struggle with the emotional turns of the past. ASD
Pedro Pires is an award-winning visual-effects artist whose credits include the films The Red Violin (98) and Possible Worlds (01). He makes his directorial debut with Danse Macabre (09).