Eddie is an actress who has had her moment of American glory. Accompanied by Valentina, her loyal makeup artist, she accepts the lead role in a science-fiction film being shot in Rome – a film that could very well be her last. – Festival de Cannes
Italian giallo horror flicks, American slasher flicks, Andrzej Zulawski’s ”Possession”, Fellini’s ”Satyricon” and a film-within-a-film described as “Antonioni meets Escape from N.Y.” are some, but clearly not all, of the works referenced in French director Bertrand Mandico’s delirious homage to cinema and the ’80s, ”Roma Elastica”. – Hollywood Reporter
Bertrand Mandico
FR, IT 2026
107 min | French, English, Italian | 35mm
Bertrand Mandico
Born in 1971 in Toulouse. He studied at the Gobelins in Paris, where he graduated in 1993 with a diploma in animated film. In his short films, music videos and art films, he has developed a distinctive surrealist, gender-fluid and analogue style.
Films (selection)
The Wild Boys 2017 | After Blue (Dirty Paradise) 2021 | She is Conann 2023 | Dragon Dilatation 2024 | Roma Elastica 2026
D+B: Bertrand Mandico | DOP: Nicolas Eveilleau | E: Laure Saint-Marc | S: Simon Apostolou, Geoffrey Perrier | M: Pierre Desprats | P: Mathieu Verhaeghe, Thomas Verhaeghe, Marco Alessi und Daniele Segre | V: Rapid Eye Movies | WS: Kinology | Mit Marion Cotillard, Noémie Merlant, Martina Scrinzi, Agnese Claisse