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Music Film Landscape

  • USA
  • 2025
  • 96min
  • DCP
  • Color
  • Fiction
  • Crossover
  • Asian Premiere
  • 19

Synopsis

Hiking alone in the mountains, Isabel meets the enigmatic musician Elliott in a secluded cave, sparking an unexpected connection. When they reunite at one of his concerts, a passionate affair ignites, though Elliott soon becomes distant and disappears without warning. Forced to fall back into her married life while reconciling her feelings of love and loss, Isabel is suddenly rocked by mysterious and increasingly unsettling threats from Elliott's obsessive fans.

Program Note

Is the unexpected fragility of consciousness a comfort or a threat? The film begins with voice actress Isabel's voice layered over images of others. After scenes where Isabel's inner voice in her native language flows over her silent image, it ends with a raw outburst of her inner self expressed through song. Unable to endure the siege of the unconscious any longer, Isabel confronts her deceased mother and child in a pivotal location. The film uses its narrative to embody the painful encounter between consciousness and unconsciousness—the process behind a piece of music and a film, and the moment of their creation. (Lee Wanmin)

Director

Lucio Castro

Studied film at the University of Buenos Aires and Parsons in New York. His debut End of the Century(2019) premiered at MoMA and won Best Film at BAFICI. After This Death(2025) premiered at Berlin, and Drunken Noodles(2025) at Cannes. Currently teaches at NYU Tisch.
  • ProducerDavid Hinojosa, Anita Gou, Patrick Donovan, Luca Intili, Caroline Clark
  • CastMia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Gwendoline Christie
  • ScreenwriterLucio Castro
  • CinematographerBarton Cortright
  • EditorKali Ann Kahn, Lucio Castro
  • MusicRobert Lombardo, Yegang Yoo
  • SoundRobert Lombardo

Schedule

TimeTheaterCodeRateSubEventLive ConcertTicket
2025-09-05  23:30JIMFF Cinema 512719E --Go
2025-09-06  17:00Jecheon Cultural Center21919E --Go