At The Very Bottom Of Everything (Di Dasar Segalanya)

Sun 22 Aug 7:15 pm (Melbourne)
Thur 26 Aug 8:30 pm (Sydney)
Sat 28 aug 6:00 pm (sydney)

Australian Premiere

This groundbreaking experimental piece of drama takes us in an intimate journey within the troubled mind of a young woman who struggles constantly through her life against her mental illness. In a minimally-furnished room illuminated by a few bright neon tubes, the woman begins to talk about her experiences with bipolar disorder (manic depression). As she speaks, the screen begins to display a dizzying variety of images that reflect her unstable moods; running the gamut from a dangerous escape down a raging river to a monochromatic impressionistic scene, created using stop-motion animation, of a half naked man tottering across a barren land; a close-up of flowers and dolls in flames with rats gnawing at a body; images of naked, bleeding bodies as a portrayal of hellish depths of a mind so troubled and a soul so shaken.

Official Selection 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam

Meet the Director + Q&A Session

MA15+

Presented in association with Ford Foundation.