JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

13rd

Special: Viennale in 5 Decades

The Bloody Child

Director_ Nina Menkes

USA 1996 86min 35mm Color feature

Review

Two military police on routine patrol come upon a US Marine?just back from combat in the Gulf War-digging a grave in the middle of the desert. Investigating further, they discover the bloodied corpse of the Marine´s pregnant wife in the backseat of his car.

CREDIT

DirectorNina Menkes
ProducerNina Menkes
CinematographyNina Menkes

Art DirectorNina Menkes
SoundNina Menkes
EditorNina Menkes

DIRECTOR

Nina MENKES

Considered a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America’s foremost independent filmmakers, she has shown her films widely in major international film festivals such as the Berlinale, Cannes Film Festival, Rotterdam IFF, Locarno IFF, and Toronto IFF. Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power is her fourth feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her works such as Queen Of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996) and Phantom Love (2008) also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

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