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Uprising: The Spirit of 68 / Dušan Makavejev: WR: Mysteries of the Organism at BFI Southbank

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Time 21:50
Date 16/05/18
Price £11.5

A surreal documentary-fiction hybrid beginning as an investigation into the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, which then explodes into a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater

Running from: Wed 16 (20:50) & Mon 28 May (18:20).

This surreal docu-fiction proves that the revolution will be sexual, WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins with an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, who believed in the therapeutic, liberatory benefits of the orgasm. Makavejev’s film then explodes into a drama about a young woman’s sexual awakening, with a Stalin-like celebrity ice skater, of course.

TRAILER: WR Mysteries of the Organism from Cinefamily on Vimeo.

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