Directed by:
Andrzej ZulawskiScreenplay:
Andrzej ZulawskiCinematography:
André SzankowskiComposer:
Andrzej KorzyńskiCast:
Sabine Azéma, Victória Guerra, Ricardo Pereira, Andy Gillet, Johan Libéreau, Jean-François Balmer, Clémentine Pons, Jonathan Genet, António Simão (more)VOD (1)
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When two young men arrive at a family-run guesthouse in rural France, their anticipation of a few days' peace and quiet is undermined by a variety of sinister occurrences. A small bird is found murdered, its neck in a tiny noose, a strangely sexualized stain appears on a wall, and a slug crawls across the breakfast tray. Are these all signs comprising a portent of truly cosmic significance, or merely bizarre coincidences? And is it any wonder that one of the visitors, Witold (piercing-eyed Jonathan Genet) has such difficulty writing his novel, or that his companion Fuchs (Johan Libéreau) prefers to find solace in earthier pleasures?
The final film by the late Andrzej Żuławski, director of the legendary Possession (the only Cannes-winning arthouse film to be officially classified as a video nasty), Cosmos adapts Witold Gombrowicz's legendarily challenging novel into a beguilingly witty combination of (deceptively) lighthearted French farce and a complex, knowing reflection on the absurdities both of humanity itself and the way that we define our notion of the universe according to our individual hang-ups.
(Arrow Films)
Cast
Sabine Azéma
France
Best movies:
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Victória Guerra
Portugal
Best movies:
Cosmos (2015)
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
Ricardo Pereira
Portugal
Best movies:
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
100 Meters (2016)
Nadine (2007)
Andy Gillet
Best movies:
Antique (2008)
Chocolat (2016)
Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
Clémentine Pons
Best movies:
Cosmos (2015)
All that Glitters (2010)
Jonathan Genet
Best movies:
Cosmos (2015)
Knife + Heart (2018)
Roches Noires (2018) (TV movie)
António Simão
Portugal
Best movies:
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Cosmos (2015)
Agnieszka Findysz
Best movies:
Cosmos (2015)