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Laquiem
Australia
Laquiem is a powerful and confrontational film that follows a young woman's decision to end her life by drowning. Via haunting images, an evocative score and a visceral text, we engage with humanity at its most desperate. Laquiem is the second short film directed by Australian composer and filmmaker Andrée Greenwell. Greenwell has created a strong and unique work, as in her first film, Medusahead, a video-opera clip for decapitated soprano and 3D animated snakes. She has successfully exploited the sensuality of the medium, simultaneously questioning traditional modes of film narrative practice. While using elements of traditional film language, Greenwell challenges the complex hierarchies of film narrative to reveal a human experience that is dramatically driven by a rich and compelling soundtrack, and without conventional dialogue. The film's sumptuous score is the result of Greenwell's talent and considerable experience as a composer for performance, theatre and film. Laquiem, funded primarily by the NSW Film and Television Office's Young Filmmakers Fund, is an ambitious low budget film, over half of it set under the waters of a hydro-commissioned lake. Rebecca Smee gives a brave and frightening performance as the young woman, Kaye Nine. Justine Kerrigan's photography does justice to the vast landscape of the NSW Snowy Mountains, creating a beautiful and lonely setting. Greenwell adapted the film from the writing of Kathleen Mary Fallon and her own larger music performance work, entitled LAQUIEM: Tales from the Mourning of the Lac Women, which premiered at the Studio, Sydney Opera House in May 1999 to overwhelming response, performed by some of Sydney's most exciting, young and adventurous exponents of contemporary music. The original recordings have been remixed as a key soundtrack and script starting point for the film. Director: Andrée Greenwell
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