THE RETURN OF TRAGEDY

Two police officers interrupt a secret ceremony: a woman is disembowelled in a back garden to unleash her inner beauty. A variety of situations are offered and all possibilities explored.

  • Bertrand Mandico
    Director
  • Bertrand Mandico
    Writer
  • David Patrick Kelly
    Key Cast
    "Katebush "
  • Elina Löwensohn
    Key Cast
    "Tragedy "
  • Juliana Francis
    Key Cast
    "Palm/Snake "
  • Peter McCabe
    Key Cast
    "Tudor (as Policeman 1)"
  • Oleg Dubson
    Key Cast
    "George (as Policeman 2)"
  • Thomas Jay Ryan
    Key Cast
    "Chief of Police "
  • Marie Losier
    Key Cast
    "The drunk woman "
  • Dima Dubson
    Key Cast
    "Babooshka "
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Mostra - Orizzonti
    Venezia
    Italy
    September 17, 2020
    World Premiere
  • L'étrange Festival
    Paris
    France
    September 18, 2020
  • FIFIGROT
    Toulouse
    France
    September 18, 2020
Director Biography - Bertrand Mandico

A graduate of the Gobelins School of Visual Arts, Bertrand Mandico has worked for several art institutions in Europe and directed many short films. Two of them, Boro in the box and Living still life, were selected at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Venice International Film Festival respectively, and have won several awards at international film festivals. Inventor of dazzling, crepuscular, humorous and sensitive universes, Mandico’s films reappropriate genres and their conventions. His debut feature film, Les garçons sauvages (The Wild Boys), premiered at the 2017 Venice International Film Festival and won more than ten awards around the world. He’s currently in postproduction of his new feature film After blue while continuing his project of directing twenty-one shorts in twenty-one years with actress Elina Löwensohn, including The return of tragedy.

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