Mixing theater, dance, and performance, Victoria has been presented more than 400 times in 15 countries. American artist Dulcinea Langfelder plays a 90-year-old woman living in a retirement home with her only companion: her attendant. Forget about the depressing stereotypes of old age and illness — this film will give you a fresh look at these universal themes through Victoria’s bright and endearing story.
Also presented:
41st International Festival of Films on Art, Canada (2023)
41st International Festival of Films on Art, Canada (2023)
Director | Dulcinea Langfelder, Dulcinea Langfelder |
Mentor in the direction | Diane Poitras |
Author | Dulcinea Langfelder |
Director of Photography | Nikita Bershanski, Sandrick Mathurin |
Production Manager | Viktoria Bobovskaia |
Editing | Dulcinea Langfelder, Mirenda Ouellet, Éric Bilodeau |
Colorization | Éric Bilodeau |
Choreography | Dulcinea Langfelder |
Artist | Dulcinea Langfelder, Éric Gingras |
Sound mixing | Marc Di Tomasso |
Visual effects | Benjamin Broche |
Production
Dulcinea Langfelder
Born in New York, Dulcinea studied dance, mime and theatre. She came to Montreal in 1978 to work with companies, Omnibus and Carbone 14. She’s also worked in theatre, cinema, and musical theatre as choreographer. Founding her company in 1985, she’s created multidisciplinary/multimedia works that have toured extensively. She was inducted into the Quebec Order of Arts and Letters in 2022. Although Dulcinea has made and incorporated her own videos in her stage works, Victoria is her first film, created to immortalise her most important work, presented in 7 languages around the world since 1999.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team