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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1979 - 18.26 August

Sections & Films

ZOO ZERO

Category: Edition 1979

Synopsis
Eva is a singer in a Noah's Ark themed nightclub, where the guests wear animal masks. She sings about a doomed love affair between a lion tamer and a lion. She is approached by a stranger who claims to know her and to remember her singing Mozart which she denies. Driven around in her midget manager's limousine she encounters bizarre characters who turn out to belong to her incestuous family of ogres. All culminates in a bizarre finale in a zoo featuring Klaus Kinski and arias from "The Magic Flute".

Original Title ZOO ZÉRO
Italian Title ZOO ZERO
Category Out of competition
Section Out of Selection
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 101'
Production Year 1979
Nationality France
Directed by Alain Fleischer
Screenplay Alain Fleischer
Main cast Catherine Jourdan, Klaus Kinski, Pierre Clémenti

 regista alain fleisherALAIN FLEISCHER

Alain Fleischer was born in 1944 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Zoo zéro (1979) and Dehors-dedans (1975).