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Biography
that is a blend of realism and the imaginary to retell the life of a Yugoslav
performer, Marina Abramovic. With rituals, based on the use of her own
body, she explores the bounds of her physical and psychological resistance.
This
is not, however, mere reproduction of Abramovic's presentations, but rather
of building a new reality: the performances are translated into cinema
images and built into the fictional context of the film.
Marina
Abramovic plays herself, and assumes different forms that repeatedly distort
or obscure her real identity. Memories blend with fantasy, dreams, artistic
rituals, and day-to-day life - as if she were trying to look both ways
at the same time, like a head with two faces, one turned towards the past
and the other towards the future. This is an endeavor to discover herself
and also to lend form to the creative process, with a narrative that frees
itself from chronology and follows along with only image and sound.
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