The Scary of Sixty First, Official Trailer, Utopia
Winner of Best First Feature Award at 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. The film follows two women who move into a New York apartment once owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. An audacious take on genre cinema that confronts contemporary issues such as global power structures, sexual abuse, conspiracy theories and the dark corners of the internet in a wildly twisted, witty and subversive manner. Perhaps in recognition that polite decorum may no longer be an effective tactic in sparking discourse around these burning issues. Berlinale Jury Theres alchemy at work in Dasha Nekrasovas debut film The Scary of SixtyFirst, the kind that can turn whats old into whats new. Equal parts 70sstyle paranoia thriller, Polanskiinfused apartment horror, Eyes Wide Shut homage, and empathetic critical commentary on the conspiracy theories craze, this hallucinatory pastiche is even more than the sum of its cinematically riveting parts. It feels like one of the few genuine attempts at underst
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