The Ancient Egypt Film Site

Production info

De Iside ed Osiride
Netherlands, 1996
Gilbert Afoy, Janica Draisma, Gilles Monteil
Directed by Janica Draisma

Surrealistic short dance film (16 min.) made up of a documentary-like introduction in colour and a fictional section in black & white. A woman steals a statue and finds herself in a story in which reality and the ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris become intertwined.

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