Invisible Adversaries (1977)

  • NR
  • 09/02/1977 (AT)
  • Drama, Science Fiction
  • 1h 49m

Overview

Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Her schizophrenia is reflected in the juxtapositions of long movie camera takes with violently edited montages: private with public spaces; black & white with colour, still photographs with video, earsplitting sounds with disruptive camera angles. Anna uses her body like a map; after a devastating quarrel with her lover, she paints red stitches on herself. Watching their scenes together, we realize how seldom, if ever before, the details of sexual intimacy have been shown in film from the point of view from a woman. Export privileges rupture over unity and never settles for one-dimensional solutions

Valie Export

Director, Writer

Peter Weibel

Writer

Cast

Susanne Widl's headshot

Susanne Widl

Anna
Peter Weibel's headshot

Peter Weibel

Peter
Josef Plavec's headshot

Josef Plavec

psychiatrist
Monika Helfer-Friedrich's headshot

Monika Helfer-Friedrich

Anna's friend
Helke Sander's headshot

Helke Sander

Dominick Dusek's headshot

Dominick Dusek

Herbert Schmid's headshot

Herbert Schmid

Edward Neversal's headshot

Edward Neversal

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