Illusions & Mirrors

Illusions & Mirrors

Film screenshot
Directed by Shirin Neshat
Produced by Shoja Azari (associate producer)
Starring Tarek Aylouch
Michael Markiewicz
Natalie Portman
Music by Johnny Azari
Cinematography Darius Khondji
Edited by Nariman Hamed
Production
company
Distributed by Sixpack Film (worldwide, all media)
Release dates

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Running time
 12 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Illusions & Mirrors is a 2013 short, black-and-white film directed by Iranian-born American artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat.[2][3] The film stars Tarek Aylouch, Michael Markiewicz, and the Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman. The film was commissioned by Dior, for which Portman is a spokesmodel, for the Miss Dior Expo at the Grand Palais, Paris.[4] Shirin Neshat said that the film is a tribute to the black-and-white silent films made by such surrealist filmmakers as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Luis Buñuel, and Maya Deren.[5]

Plot

The film traces the delusions of a young woman, played by Natalie Portman. She is making futile attempts to follow a phantom travelling through the dunes of an empty sea beach, and, when it comes to an encounter in an abandoned house at the end, the woman finds a disturbing surprise.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Discovery Exhibition October 22, 2014, to February 1, 2015 La Biennale de Montréal". Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. mbam.qc.ca. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Visual Arts News Desk (30 October 2013). "Johnny Azari Composes Music for ILLUSIONS & MIRRORS Film: On View 11/13-25 as Part of Dior's Miss Dior Exposition". Broadway World. broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Segura, Brigitte (November 4, 2013). "DIOR Illusions & Mirrors featuring Natalie Portman". Fashiondailymag. fashiondailymag.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Munro, Cait (October 23, 2014). "Natalie Portman Stars In Shirin Neshat's New Short Film". Artnet News. artnet.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Illusions & Mirrors with Natalie Portman". Wall Street International. wsimag.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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