Directed by:
Karen CinorreScreenplay:
Karen CinorreCinematography:
Sam LevyComposer:
Colin StetsonCast:
Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Soko, Théodore Pellerin, Juliette Lewis, Zlatko Burić, Havana Rose Liu, Blake DeLong (narrator)Plots(1)
Snipers sometimes lie in uncomfortable positions for hours to make themselves invisible. Women, so explains young rebel leader Marsha to Ana, are pre-eminently suitable for this job as they are accustomed to nothing else. In the fantasy-action film Mayday, waitress Ana, like some contemporary Alice in Wonderland, crawls into an oven and ends up in an unruly twilit limbo where a war between men and women is being fought. Ana is adopted by three hardened young female soldiers who inhabit a deserted submarine. Like latter-day Sirens, they entice male soldiers onto the rocks using a mayday signal – revenge for what men did to them and their sex. Things are less clear-cut for Ana. Feature debut director Karen Cinorre doesn’t portray men as monsters. In their oversized uniforms they look more like little boys. What happens to the powerless when they suddenly gain power? Is there room for grey in a polarised world? Is there a way back for Ana? Cinorre encapsulates these questions in a beautifully designed mythical parable. The cast (Grace Van Patten and Mia Goth, with support from Juliette Lewis) is exceptional and the film constantly surprises, feeling both like a war drama and a teen adventure flick. One minute Marsha unhesitatingly slits a boy’s throat, the next Ana performs a dreamy ballet to Liberace’s sweet ‘Love Is Blue’ with his companions. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
![Grace Van Patten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/651/162651742_171677.jpg)
Grace Van Patten
USA
Best movies:
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Tramps (2016)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
![Mia Goth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/253/166253096_a34638.jpg)
![Soko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126079_ad7470.jpg)
Soko
France
Best movies:
Her (2013)
In the Beginning (2009)
Little Fish (2020)
![Théodore Pellerin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/733/165733791_9d092b.jpg)
Théodore Pellerin
Canada
Best movies:
Genesis (2018)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
![Juliette Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/043/166043617_280024.jpg)
Juliette Lewis
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
![Zlatko Burić](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/464/161464747_d1ea58.jpg)
Zlatko Burić
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III (2005)
With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II (2004)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Havana Rose Liu
Best movies:
Bottoms (2023)
No Exit (2022)
The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)
Blake DeLong (narrator)
Best movies:
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Late Night (2019)