Don't Look Down

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In this seductive, mysterious drama, versatile French duo Ducastel and Martineau (Theo and Hugo) have made one of their most inventive films. In a high-rise apartment, a woman and five men gather to share their experiences of a man that they have all been involved with, to their cost. In the main room, they talk, drink, dance, while one by one, each goes next door for a private moment of truth. Theatrical in the best sense, the film turns the apartment into a stage for a superb ensemble cast.

Alongside echoes of Fassbinder and one-set dramas like Hitchcock’s Rope, Manuel Marmier’s photography and unconventional lighting make this a sculptural celebration of space and colour, as well as a psychological nail-biter.   BFI

Don't Look Down, a new film from Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.

About the quotation in the title:

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

Jean Cocteau, French filmmaker, 1889-1963.

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