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"FLAMINGOS is thoroughly remarkable in the way it packs dense,
engaging
layers of
honest emotional and spiritual musings in an
extremely constricting
framework.
Yet, through a well designed
cinematography, Alli never lets the
film feel confined or limited."
-- Mike Everleth, Underground Film Journal
"The solar flares are going to wipe everything out..."
Joe Estlack and Madeline H.D. Brown as star-crossed lovers
plotting escape from the end of the world as they know it.
FLAMINGOS (2012; 90 min. USA) Twin sisters Beatrice and Zoe are in love with Ray, a junkie hypnotist-bank robber obsessed with apocalyptic visions of catastrophic solar flares. Though married to Beatrice, Ray absconds with free-spirited Zoe after a bank heist to a seedy motel to plot their future. Meanwhile, two entities from a dream-like Bardo realm influence their fates from far and near in this heady cocktail chaser of amour fou and metaphysical mayhem.
REVIEW, CAST, DIRECTOR STATEMENT
Madeline H.D. Brown as "Zoe" and Joe Estlack as "Ray"
"Special praise is in order for Madeline H.D. Brown’s remarkable double
performance as the chilly Beatrice and earthy Zoe, Joe Estlack’s work as
the extremely off-kilter bank robber, and Alaska Yamada’s uncommon
energy as a Bardo denizen whose eerie presence is both disturbing
and liberating." 4 stars. - Phil Hall (filmthreat.com)
Madeline H.D. Brown as "Beatrice and Robert Hamm as the attorney
starring
MADELINE H.D. BROWN as "Beatrice" & "Zoe"
and JOE ESTLACK as "Ray"
also featuring...
ROBERT HAMM as Lester Beringer, divorce attorney
ILYA PARIZHSKY as the Psychopomp
ALASKA YAMADA as Bardo Girl
When asked what my film 'FLAMINGOS' is about I say: it's all about love --
how we rush towards it, flee far away from it and how sometimes, when we
stop rushing and fleeing, we find it within ourselves. And for those who
cannot
stop rushing or fleeing, love swoons and crashes through
torrents
of terrible longing. - Antero Alli, director
Alaska Yamada as Bardo Girl
BEHIND THE SCENES
Vision statement & bio, crew, soundtrack, screening history
MEDIA STORIES AND REVIEWS
what the Press says about 'Flamingos'
FLAMINGOS on IMDb
Alaska Yamada as Bardo Girl
CONTACT THE FILMMAKER
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Antero Alli - filmography
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