Grey Matter
- Drama
Overview
Balthazar is a young African filmmaker on the brink of directing his first project, The Cycle of the Cockroach, a fictional story about a young woman who survived unspeakable atrocities only to find herself committed to the same mental institution as a man driven insane by the crimes he perpetrated during the war. Potential funders for the film insist the themes are too bleak and pessimistic-they encourage Balthazar to make a "message" film that raises awareness about gender-based violence or HIV/AIDS instead. But he refuses to give up. Instead of telling his production team the news, Balthazar continues preparations for the film without financing or equipment. After rehearsing a scene with each of the characters, reality blurs and scenes from the script materialize, provoking the question: Can a film like this exist only in the director's dreams? Armed with a daring and creative visual language...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 21, 2011
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French, Kinyarwanda
- Countries
- Australia, Rwanda, United Kingdom
- Production
- Moon Road Films,Scarab Studio
- Cast
- Ruth Nirere,Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara,Ramadhan Shami Bizimana,JP Uwayezu,Natacha Muziramakenga,Juma Moses Nzabandora,Jean Pierre Kalonda,Mazimpaka Kennedy,Tamim Hakizimana,Alice Kayibanda
- Director
- Kivu Ruhorahoza
- Writer
- Kivu Ruhorahoza
- Cinematography
- Ari Wegner
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt1890465