SYMBOL
a film by Hitoshi Matsumoto
with Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quinter, Luis Accinelli,
Lillian Tapia, Adriana Fricke, Carlos Torres, Ivana Wong
Japan – 2009 – 92 min. – colour
“Cube” meets “Being John Malkovich” !
S Y N O P S I S
A man wakes up and mysteriously finds himself trapped in an empty, white rectangular room, wearing clownish bright yellow polka dot pajamas. Where is he? Who did this to him? How did he end up here? He looks to find that he is surrounded by a bunch of phallic-like symbols sticking out of the walls! Desperately trying to find his way out, he touches them, and suddenly, starts experiencing one strange phenomena after another. Will he
manage to escape safely?
“Symbol” is a surrealist comedy from Hitoshi Matsumoto, acclaimed director of the cult film “Big Man Japan” (Dainipponjin) which was screened at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes in
2007 and released in the US in May 2009 by Magnolia Pictures. In the vein of “Cube” and “Being John Malkovich”, “Symbol” is a twisted comedy thriller which takes you on a surrealistic ride into a fantasy world!
P R E S S & I N D U S T R Y S C R E E N I N G
Thursday 4 Feb. 09:30 Cinerama 3
P U B L I C S C R E E N I N G S
Tuesday 2 Feb. 22:15 Luxor
Wednesday 3 Feb. 13:30 Pathé 6
Saturday 6 Feb. 19:30 Cinerama 1
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