The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.
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Key crew
- Jim TrainorDirector
- Jim TrainorWriter
Cast
- Julia ZinnPolistes, a paper wasp; queen
- Lori FelkerAmpulex, a cockroach wasp; female
- Molly FeingoldCrabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female
- Chet MazurArilus, an assassin-bug; female
- Boki BodunrinAnoplius, a spider wasp; female
- Vicky YenSphecius, the Cicada Killer; female
- Shelby FossellParcoblatta, a cockroach; female
- Christy LemasterSpider
- Clare BrittTibicen, a cicada; female
- Alica Da CunhaApis, the Honeybee; worker
- Meredith MillerEvagetes, a brood-parasitic spider wasp; female
- Jenny KendlerMicrobembex, the Scavenger Wasp; female
Themes
insect