Jerk

Jerk

Gisèle Vienne

SCREENER

2021

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60min

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with

Jonathan Capdevielle, d'après la nouvelle de Dennis Cooper

From Dennis Cooper’s short novel, based upon true events. Texas, mid-1970’s. With the help of two teenagers, David Brooks and Wayne Henley, serial killer Dean Corll slaughtered about twenty young boys and recorded these murders on film. From the prison where he serves his life sentence, David Brooks, now a ventriloquist and puppeteer, tells his story through a show he has imagined. By acclaimed choreographer and stage director Gisèle Vienne, a gripping adaptation of Dennis Cooper’s cult horror novel based on frightful actual events
FIFIB 2021 - Competition Sitges 2022 - Best Film (New Visions)