Roma Elastica

Bertrand Mandico, whose films have always gravitated toward transgressive underground cinema, has found the perfect canvas for his unique art of associative storytelling in »Roma Elastica«. With French cinema superstars Marion Cotillard and Noémie Merlant by his side, he delivers the wildest ride of the year. The story transports us to Rome in 1982, where Eddie arrives at Cinecittà to work on a science-fiction film that might well be her last. Having already experienced her moment of Hollywood glory, she must now navigate a world that seems indifferent to the distinction between art and pulp. Accompanied by her loyal makeup artist Valentina, Eddie immerses herself in a realm of fading glamour, bizarre encounters, and a film industry in flux. »Roma Elastica« is a dreamlike, dizzying portrait of an actress in the twilight of her career who loses sight of the boundaries between fiction and reality—and a wildly romantic homage to the ghosts of Italian cinema.

»A sublime cinematic nightmare. David Lynch is not dead. The brilliant Mandico reaffirms the originality of his filmmaking with a cinematic and macabre journey through Cinecittà. Grand and unique.«

Paris Match