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15th DMZ Docs(2023)

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Bloodhound

Yamina ZOUTAT

  • France, Switzerland
  • 2023
  • 96min
  • 15 +
  • DCP
  • color

Asian premiere

Synopsis

One morning, a woman wakes up with the desire to film blood. In her city of Paris, she encounters a blood conveyor, a medical transplanter, a 'chimera'. Then she remembers a trial she covered, a long time ago. The contaminated blood case. In the meantime, in the depths of a forest, a bloodhound tracks a prey.

Review

Bloodhound means a dog trained to track wounded animals. The film features a blood transport vehicle racing through Paris, realistic scenes of abdominal operations, and images of finding blood. The film uses poetic images of disease, death, contamination, and infection to captivate the audience. A scene of the hunting dog licking the blood from a dead deer is compared with a scene of an irresistible urge for period blood running down the toilet and indulgence for blood. Yamina Zoutat uses a voice-over narration based on her investigations as a journalist to remind people of the importance of blood as an essential element. The relationship between red liquid, and humans, especially women, creates a narrative line that links diverse people. The film reflects on the metaphysical meaning of blood running through blood vessels and the power of liquid as rescue, critical wounds, and death. The film is also characterized by its unique texture, covering from documentaries to horror, found footage, and surrealism. Especially, the film combines the contrasting images allegorically by using images of a swan throwing its long neck into the water, a blood bag transported for a transplant operation, and close-ups of people involved in the massive terror attacks.        

Director

  • Yamina ZOUTAT

    Algerian-Italian, born in Switzerland. Yamina Zoutat first worked for more than ten years as a court reporter in Paris. Laundry (2010) is dedicated to the mothers who do the laundry for their sons sentenced to a long prison term. Her first feature film, 6999 Doors (2017), an intimate exploration of the Court House in Paris was awarded at Visions du Réel. Her latest work Chienne De Rouge (2023) premiered at Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel and got Audience Award at Documenta Madrid.

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