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Maximum Shame Directed by Carlos Atanes Produced by Carlos Atanes Written by Carlos AtanesCarlos Atanes Starring Ana Mayo
Marina Gatell
Ignasi Vidal
Paco Moreno
Ariadna Ferrer
David Castro
Eleanor JamesMusic by Marc Álvarez Distributed by FortKnox Audiovisual Release date(s) September 11, 2010 (BUT Film Festival) Running time 81 minutes Country United Kingdom
SpainLanguage English Maximum Shame is a feature-length dystopian movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2010.
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Plot
The end of the world is imminent. A man goes into a parallel dimension, a limbo between reality and fantasy where the normal rules of time and space have ceased to apply. [1] His wife goes to rescue him.[2] Both will be trapped in a strange and cruel world where a ruthless Queen organizes reality as a mad game of chess, a post-apocalyptic dystopia of domination and subjugation where characters can’t eat, speak or move about freely and are periodically viciously attacked.[3]
Notes
"Maximum Shame" is the third feature movie by Carlos Atanes. It can be framed as the previous ones -"FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions" and "PROXIMA"- within the fantasy genre, but "Maximum Shame" overflows this classification, being in fact an experimental cross-genre film, ranging from science fiction to musical through horror, surrealism and fetish, and touches on topics as diverse as chess, parallel universes, pornography, religious ecstasy, totalitarianism and black holes.[4]
Produced completely independently, like all its author's films, it inspired aesthetics in pornographic and 70's films. Thereby recovering the underground, transgressive and weird style that characterized Atanes' early work. [5] Shooting, in English, was developed in Spain over just six days, but one scene was made in the UK with British scream queen Eleanor James.[6]
Cast and roles include
- Ana Mayo
- Marina Gatell
- Ignasi Vidal
- Paco Moreno
- Ariadna Ferrer
- David Castro
- Eleanor James
Awards
Notes
- ^ Pritchard, Paul "Maximum Shame", Pulpmovies, October 4, 2010.
- ^ Serrano Cueto, José Manuel "Maximum Shame: una partida de ajedrez sado-mental", Pasión por el cine, May 17, 2010.
- ^ Everleth, Mike "Maximum Shame", Bad Lit - The journal of underground film review, June 28, 2010.
- ^ Linna, Esa "Interview with Carlos Atanes", Extraordinary movie & video guide, April 14, 2010.
- ^ Fernández Fidalgo, Paloma "Carlos Atanes, cine distinto", Al margen, June 15, 2010.
- ^ Eleanor James
- ^ BUT Film Festival 2010
External links
Categories:- 2010 films
- British films
- Spanish films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Carlos Atanes
- 2010s science fiction films
- Spanish science fiction films
- Avant-garde and experimental films
- British science fiction films
- Dystopian films
- Films shot digitally
- Films about chess
- 2010s musical films
- Musical fantasy films
- Parallel universe films
- British film stubs
- 2010s film stubs
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