Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Daaaaaali!” showing Oct. 18-23 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
For journalist Judith Rochant (Anaïs Demoustier) the assignment to interview renowned artist Salvador Dalí is a great career opportunity — if only he would agree to sit still and answer a single question.
What begins as a 15-minute conversation blows up into a bonafide cinematographic documentary portrait, provided the world’s most enormous cameras are available to film it. As Judith’s interview is delayed, detoured, disrupted, and deranged by Dalí’s inexhaustible self-regard, the journalist finds herself becoming the subject.
The legendary painter’s artistry and ego know no bounds, and “Daaaaaalí!” dutifully casts no less than five actors (Edouard Baer, Jonathan Cohen, Giles Lellouche, Pio Marmaï, and Didier Flamand) as Salvador Dalí in this prismatic portrait.
The prolific Quentin Dupieux’s latest comedy is an exercise in dream logic and surrealist homage, with the rug pulled out from under you again and again before you even manage to get up off the floor.
“Daaaaaali!” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Oct. 18-23. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday and Wednesday, Oct. 18, 19 and 23 at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 20 at 12:30 p.m.; and Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 21 and 22 at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12 general admission, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.