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Belgium 2017 – Director(s) Sophie Bruneau – 63 min – Spoken language: French – Subtitles: English

With inces­sant greed the ghost of neo­li­be­ra­lism pur­sues the labou­ring mas­ses even to their beds: “And I saw the image of the peo­p­le who were eating me.” It’s high time for this smart, essay­i­stic exor­cism by Sophie Bruneau.

Twel­ve peo­p­le – twel­ve night­ma­res, all of which revol­ve around the exces­ses of neo­li­be­ral tur­bo-capi­ta­lism. “In my dream, they loo­ked more like zom­bies than col­le­agues,” explains a male voice. “When you sell your soul to the devil, you have to nego­tia­te the pri­ce,” sta­tes ano­ther. “What use am I?” shouts ano­ther in des­pair. Whe­re does this lea­ve the human being and how do you not end up as an arbi­tra­ry cog in this com­ple­te­ly dere­gu­la­ted mar­ket? Inspi­red by the dream inter­pre­ta­ti­on clas­sic by Jewish exi­le Char­lot­te Beradt (“The Third Reich of Dreams”) and in long, artful­ly arran­ged tableaux, this aes­the­ti­cal­ly out­stan­ding essay film poses extre­me­ly unp­lea­sant ques­ti­ons about the uni­ver­sal­ly domi­nant glo­bal eco­no­mic order. (Text: DOK.fest München)

Belgium 2017 – Director(s) Sophie Bruneau – 63 min – Spoken language: French – Subtitles: English – Camera: Johan Legraie – Sound: Valène Leroy – Editing: Philippe Boucq – Production: Alter Ego films – Producers: Sophie Bruneau, Sébastien Andres

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