Film Forum

Rocίo Molina is all of 32 years old: an avant-garde performance artist/flamenco dancer with a dash of Björk and Pina Bausch thrown in for good measure. Often onstage alone, her work grows from the flamenco tradition but she infuses it with a modern, magnetic passion: crawling through red paint (suggestive of menstrual blood or the aftermath of a violent crime) or moving to a hard-driving rock beat. At times her look is minimal, almost Japanese in its austerity; at other times her performance suggests a sexy, plump fruit, ripe and edible. Emilio Belmonte follows Molina as she rehearses for her Paris debut at the Chaillot National Theater. She is never less than a force of nature. 

Presented with support from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Fund

FRANCE / SPAIN     2017     87 MINS.     IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES   

KIMSTIM

Reviews

“One of Spain’s finest flamenco dancers, with the power to still an audience with her staccato footwork and spiralling turns. As a choreographer, her ambitious ideas have earned her respect across dance.”
– Judith Mackrell, The Guardian (UK)