MIDSOMMAR: Folk Horror
Fri, Aug 13
|Epsilon Spires
A Dark Fairytale About Trauma and Catharsis from Ari Aster, the Writer and Director of Hereditary.
Time & Location
Aug 13, 2021, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Midsommar (2019). Dani and Christian are young American graduate students with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy binds them together, a grieving Dani joins a reluctant Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish commune. What begins as an idyllic retreat in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster (Hereditary) comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.
"Midsommar combines mischief with a sensual surrender to fear and a dreamlike loosening of your grasp on reality."
- The Guardian
"Her vulnerable trip to the remote pagan commune exposes Dani to parts of her that she's struggling to keep buried.…
Tickets
Admission to Backlot Cinema!
Ticket for one person- Midsommar-inspired attire enters you into a raffle to win gift certificates to local businesses! includes entry into the Raffle! Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. Enjoy the program!
$10.00
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