Phantom Love
A memorably surreal psychodrama, Nina Menkes' PHANTOM LOVE is a striking evocation of female dreamscape in which violence and trauma are steadily percolating, just beneath the surface. The lead character is Lulu Marina Shoif: a very beautiful, but angry and isolated woman, who lives alone, and works in a casino in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Lulu's relationship with her much younger lover is charged but emotionally disconnected, and her younger sister is in the midst of a psychotic breakdown, caused in part by prescription medication. PHANTOM LOVE positions an alienated woman against a harsh, inhospitable landscape. Structured like Chinese boxes, with each scene opening onto another, PHANTOM LOVE is a powerful erotic-fantasy that explores a woman's sexuality through her dreams. (Facets Cinematheque)
| Director: | Nina Menkes |
| Studio: | KNR Productions |
| Producer(s): | Kevin Ragsdale |
| Cast: | Allison Bell, Lena Bubenechik, Michael Carr, Laura Liguori, Juliette Marquis, Bobby Naderi, Noel Olken, Marina Shoif, Adi Spektor |
| Writer(s): | Nina Menkes |
| Official Site: | www.myspace.com/phantomlovemovie |