Gold Flakes

Werner Schroeter's rhapsody of excess leaps from 1949 Cuba to contemporary France to points in between, while its feverishly shifting visual style evokes and parodies everything from kitschy Mexican telenovelas to silent French art films.

Director: Werner Schroeter

Cast: Magdalena Montezuma, Ila von Hasperg, Ellen Umlauf, Christine Kaufmann, Andréa Ferréol, Bulle Ogier, Irena Staup, Isolde Barth

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.