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In a barbaric fantasy sci-fi trip through time, sword-and-sorcery mythology is bent, fractured, and gender-swapped by master visionary Bertrand Mandico in his third feature epic. Six lives, six eras, and six deaths mark Conann's poetic journey through different incarnations and lesbian loves. Guiding Conann through her many epic lives is Elina Löwensohn (Amateur, Let the Corpses Tan) as Rainer, a Cerberus of many otherworldly dimensions whose paparazzi camera sees all. The perversity of The Wild Boys and the hero's journey of After Blue (Dirty Paradise) come together in this even greater handmade homage as Mandico ropes in influences as lush as Fellini Satyricon, The Night Porter, The Hunger, and Fassbinder's entire oeuvre to craft a moving portrait of a warrior trying to find her place while outside of space, time, and meaning. This official selection of Cannes Directors' Fortnight, Fantastic Fest, and Sitges "thrives on its own bizarre extravagance as it pushes the limits of substance and style" (Collider).

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Bonus Materials

• 'The Show Has Already Started': 3 Short Films by Bertrand Mandico ('Rainer, A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley', 'We Barbarians', and 'The Last Cartoon - Nonsense, Optimistic, Pessimistic') (83 min.)
• DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Master Audio
• In French, English, & German with optional English & Spanish Subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Other Trailers

Sales Points

• A gender-swapped take on 'Conan the Barbarian'

Press Quotes

Barbarians, gore, glitter, time travel, humanoid hellhounds, toxic lesbians, and cannibalistic artists are some--but far from all--of the components in Bertrand Mandico's avant-garde retelling of the Conan the Barbarian mythos... SHE IS CONANN thrives on its own bizarre extravagance

     —Collider

Turns barbarism into pure love

     —The Film Stage

An invitation to put decorum aside and savour a trippy filmmaker with an appetite for cult-classic cinema and transgressive art

     —Screen Daily

Bertrand Mandico's lurid saga of gender-queer decadence and visceral violence is a ravishing sensory feast for viewers with strong stomachs

     —The Film Verdict

Mandico takes the figure of a sword and sorcery hero--obviously interested in his pulp magazine origins--and fashions a timeless, iterative narrative of phantasmagoric fluidity... and glitter

     —The Film Stage