Piaffe

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Piaffe

Released Aug 25, 2023

1h 26m

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

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25 Reviews

88%

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Introverted and unqualified, Eva is unexpectedly tasked with foleying the sound for a commercial featuring a horse. As she slowly acclimates to the new job, her obsession with creating the perfect equine sounds grows into something more tangible. Eva harnesses this new physicality, becoming more confident and empowered, and lures an unassuming botanist into an intriguing game of submission. Shot on lush 16mm, PIAFFE is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice.

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I recommend it as a fantasy that touches on some interesting topics.

Oct 4, 2023

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

The occasional exposure flares and soundtrack sync pops reminds us this is a movie, but also that we’re watching what’s raw and possible in art and life, that it’s good to be open to wherever images and sounds may take us.

Sep 18, 2023

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

This is queer cinema at its queerest, queer cinema at its most exciting. It’s a thought-provoking, discussion-starting, tail-arousing work of art.

Sep 6, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

An erotic coming-of-age film with a little foray into BDSM (with one sequence that somehow manages to visually be as soft and thorny as the red rose featured in it).

Feb 13, 2024

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

Truly one of the most arousing, but minimalistic sequences in contemporary European cinema, to say the least.

Rated: 86/100

Nov 7, 2023

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

Odd as it may be, the visually and sonically ravishing Piaffe--give or take a little thumping techno--is the opposite of scary or tragic.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 14, 2023

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David H

Great acting, especially by Simone Bucio. There is one surrealistic element, which is that her character grows an erotically-sensitive horse's tail. Stylistically innovative.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Jay

Terrible, awful example of German filmmaking.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Joe C

This is a beautiful and abstract movie, a story with jarring twists that are offered without explanation. It's also deeply sensual but has none of what most people call sex. The lead actor is marvelously expressive and really encompasses her character. She has only one other film credit and it will be interesting to see her in different roles.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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B P

Piaffe is a bizarre and visually stunning experience about a woman's journey into embracing her body rather than fearing it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/04/23

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Ann Oren

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Simone Bucio

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Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau

Zara

Sebastian Rudolph

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Ann Oren

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Synopsis

Introverted and unqualified, Eva is unexpectedly tasked with foleying the sound for a commercial featuring a horse. As she slowly acclimates to the new job, her obsession with creating the perfect equine sounds grows into something more tangible. Eva harnesses this new physicality, becoming more confident and empowered, and lures an unassuming botanist into an intriguing game of submission. Shot on lush 16mm, PIAFFE is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice.

Director: Ann Oren
Producer: Kristof Gerega, Sophie Ahrens, Fabian Altenried
Screenwriter: Ann Oren, Ann Oren, Thais Guisasola
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 26m

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