The Waltz (My First Dance)

synopsis

An old, withered female body shown in Waltz is an expression of the grotesque, afterwards represented by the séance of the dancing bodies of  young men and old women. By opposing the dance of life and death, the transition implicates the personification of Eros and Thanatos. Confronting the images polarizing the body and meat, the entrance and the exit, the film provokes an impression of the transience of life. The emphasis given on the aspects of sexuality, masculinity and eroticism narrated through the dance of generations is an externalization of the nostalgic relationship between melancholy and escapism.

Detail:
“Let’s go in two rows! Today we’re going to learn a dance in three four time and this is the most beautiful dance – the waltz ! Viennese waltz! Strauss waltz!”

more about film

director:	Lordan Zafranović
cast:	Srečko Ivančić, Kaja Cvitić
script:	Lordan Zafranović
photography:	Pega Popović
editing:	Ivan Martinac
music:	Alfi Kabiljo
sound:	Mladen Prebil

contact

Croatian Film Association / Marija Ratković Vidaković / Tuškanac 1 /  Zagreb / Croatia / 10 000 / +3851 484 8771 / marija.ratkovic.vidakovic@hfs.hr / http://hfs.hr/