Rent Flux Gourmet (2022)
3.0 of 5 from 153 ratings
1h 47min
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- Synopsis:
Welcome to the Sonic Catering Institute, a creative retreat for artists whose work occupies a place somewhere between avant-garde music and outre cuisine. Run by the eccentric Jan Stevens (Gwendoline Christie), the three-week workshop is playing host to a three-piece outfit comprising the severe and unbending Elie di Elie (Fatma Mohamed), the troubled Lamina Propria (Ariane Labed) and the electronically-obsessed Billy Rubin (Asa Butterfield). Their journey at the institute is documented by "dossierge" Stones (Makis Papadimitriou), whose digestive troubles are as turbulent as the creations his subjects are producing. But relations between the band members are deteriorating, their host's psyche is unravelling and the in-house doctor (Richard Bremmer) is driving everyone to distraction with his classical text pedantry. - Actors:
- Harry Alexander, Paolo Bafico, Leo Bill, Richard Bremmer, Ginger Brunton, Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Catarina Correia, DJ Express, Britta Gartner, Pietro Greppi, Deborah Griffin, Sebastien Kapps, Ariane Labed, Rex Latymer, Fatma Mohamed, Alecsander Javier Nilsson, Noko, Makis Papadimitriou, Courtney Rutherford
- Directors:
- Peter Strickland
- Producers:
- Serena Armitage, Pietro Greppi
- Voiced By:
- James Hyland, Sara Dee, Ingrid Evans
- Writers:
- Peter Strickland
- Studio:
- Curzon
- Genres:
- Comedy, Horror
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German LPCM Stereo, Greek DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Greek LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Short Film: Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp)
- Director's Commentary
- UK Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of Flux Gourmet
Weird, wet and wild. - Flux Gourmet review by MD
Not your average movie and not to everyone's taste, but we'll worth your time if you like to stray off the beaten path...
A mind-bending blend of comedy and horror elements about food as performance art set in a pretentious cuisine school. All the theatricality of pretentious foodies is skewered with an intimate and explosive exploration of the digestive process. Throw in an over-ripe sound track and a foodie terrorist group, plus some off-kilter sexualised smells and substances, and you have a unique and often surreal trip down the digestive tract.
What am I talking about ? Watch it and find out.
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A Challenge! - Flux Gourmet review by GI
Well this is an oddity. A satirical, vaguely comedic and certainly avant garde and surrealistic look at art for art's sake....possibly!! Set in a big country house where a performance art trio have secured the gig of producing 'sonic cooking' where, to an audience, they create sounds mixed with food preparation and thrown into this weirdness is a story about alimentary ailments. I didn't get it and I suppose only real fans of writer & director Peter Strickland are going to. I can't say it even intrigued me much even though I understand the deliberate absurdity and unrealness of it is designed to bait the viewer.
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