You can call IONCINEMA.com the “all things Attenberg channel.” We profiled Athina Rachel Tsangari in our special American New Wave 25 series, we’ve updated you with films stills, we’ve highlighted how her film was selected at Venice and TIFF, and now in preparation for Venice (which officially begins today with the Black Swan reviews) we have the poster one sheet for Attenberg. I think the inspiration for the one sheet comes from the last line of the synopsis after the poster jump. Look for further coverage at TIFF.
Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she stubbornly observes it through the songs of Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sex-ed lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her collaborator Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.
