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)
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Mayday
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Format: digital
Length: 46:28
1. | The Sea At Night | Colin Stetson | 01:03 |
2. | Never Letting Go | Colin Stetson | 02:03 |
3. | This New Life | Colin Stetson | 03:20 |
4. | The Tunnel | Colin Stetson | 01:03 |
5. | The Freezer | Colin Stetson | 01:18 |
6. | Menace Ashore | Colin Stetson | 01:51 |
7. | Dreadful Flight | Colin Stetson | 00:59 |
8. | Killing The Captain | Colin Stetson | 03:07 |
9. | Hunting | Colin Stetson | 00:40 |
10. | Dead In The Water | Colin Stetson | 00:44 |
11. | All The Stars In The Sky | Colin Stetson | 01:37 |
12. | First Kill | Colin Stetson | 01:21 |
13. | Precious Reunion | Colin Stetson | 01:24 |
14. | To Glimpse The Portal | Colin Stetson | 01:00 |
15. | There Is A War Going On | Colin Stetson | 02:16 |
16. | Back From Battle | Colin Stetson | 01:06 |
17. | To Go Home | Colin Stetson | 04:19 |
18. | Goodbyes | Colin Stetson | 01:17 |
19. | Return To The Sea | Colin Stetson | 04:25 |
20. | The Storm | Colin Stetson | 03:39 |
21. | On Your Way Back | Colin Stetson | 02:45 |
22. | The Beach | Colin Stetson | 02:03 |
23. | "Mayday Song" - Caroline Shaw | 03:08 |
Mayday: Mayday Song
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Format: digital
Length: 03:08
1. | "Mayday Song" - Caroline Shaw | 03:08 |