MONKEY SANDWICH

Meet Jerry, an obsessive but frustrated director who decides to turn his back on the theatre in favour of a controversial new project. But things soon start to go wrong. As he struggles with the demands of his role as leader, he is plagued by surreal dreams conjured up by his guilty conscience.

Monkey Sandwich is a portmanteau film with a captivating tangle of stories involving the search for an unborn child, a disturbing hunting trip, a haunted LP, a screaming piglet and a river gone rogue. (The title of the film refers to the Dutch description of urban myths as ‘monkey sandwich stories’), Wim Vandekeybus.

With Jerry Killick, Carly Wijs, Davis Freeman, Niklas Ek, Guy Dermul, Mauro Pawlowski, Bruce Geduldig

Belgium – 2011 – 89 min. – colour
International Sales : Celluloid Dreams
Production : www.ultimavez.com - www.monodot.be (producers) - www.savagefilm.be (associated producer)

‘It is a film about error, loss and guilt. It praises the art of story-telling by weaving various legends into a single story about a catastrophe caused by a human mistake. People tell stories to explain other things. They use a kind of communication in which things are suggested: logical or not, funny and/or creepy, cruel or moral, genuine or invented. It’s a kind of post-industrial folklore to respond to our universal fears and desires. Like the songs of a troubadour in the past, people tell stories to express what they want to say. Monkey Sandwich is the story of a man coping with the consequences of his actions, not always knowing how to express what he wants to say.’

ATTENDING: Wim Vandekeybus (director), Jerry Killick (main actor), Patrick Otten (D.O.P.), Tatiana Pierre (executive producer), Bart Van Langendonck (associated producer)

INTERVIEWS : Friday September 9th – Saturday September 10th – Sunday September 11th

PRESS CONFERENCE : Saturday, September 10th (after the official screening) at Club Orizzonti

SCREENINGS : SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10th 2011
@ 15.00: SALA PERLA (Official Screening) - Access : Pubblico, Tutti gli Accrediti All passes
@ 18:30: SALA PASINETTI - Access : Pubblico, Tutti gli Accrediti All passes