DIRECTOR'S NAME: CHRISTINA KRUSE / PRODUCTION COMPANY: ICONOFLY / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FRANCE AND US / DURATION: 3'30'' / MUSIC: DA/ GUY LESSER / EDITOR: WILL TOWN / CAST: CHRISTINA KRUSE/GUY LESSER / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: STEVEN PAN / WRITER: GUY LESSER / MAKE-UP: ANGIE PARKER
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
A short film written by Guy Lesser and directed by Christina Kruse, commissioned by ICONOfly in celebration of the US debut of its first fragrance, ATTACHE-MOI, Eau de Parfum by ICONOfly.
This dialogue piece or meditation explores some of the premises of a product that is unisex and European – leaving as much possible unstated and to be inferred.
A man and a woman in evening dress lie in bed talking in the sort of intimate, vaguely adversarial way. Their subject is a foreign name, "Attache Moi", evidently a perfume.
Who they are? Where they are? Why they're dressed in rumpled evening clothes. Whether the action takes place in the past, the present, or the future. Or indeed, how exactly the two are tied to one another remain somewhat open questions for viewers to decide for themselves.
SHORT DIRECTOR BIO:
Christina Kruse was borne in Egestorf, Germany and lives and works in New York.
Kruse began in 1992 her career as one of Europe's top fashion models. In 1995, she started her "Reisebuchs" a series of collages, drawings, writings in several languages and photographic self-portraits. Her photographer’s work has appeared in Interview, Vogue, i-D, Harper's Bazaar among other publications. In 2009, the gallery Steven Kasher held her first solo show in NY. Kruse's most recent projects include a four-screen video installation forthreeASFOUR, large scale paperworks and a video performance.
