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UW Cinematheque - Carré BlancFriday, September 28, 7:00 p.m. Premiere Showcase Set in a dystopian future, this stark satire of corporate culture has earned critical comparisons to Kafka, Kubrick, and Tarkovsky. An executive in an oppressive corporate regime, Phillipe subjects society’s weakest members to inscrutable, grimly comic physical challenges and mind games, while his wife struggles to maintain the dead-eyed façade necessary to blend in. Crisp cinematography and impeccable design cultivate an atmosphere of almost palpable dread, sliced with a dark humor worthy of Brazil. Presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Science Festival. (MK)
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