Manifesto

Manifesto is an experimental film written and directed by Julian Rosefeldt. The film was first a 13-channel film installation at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image before being edited down into a feature length picture. Cate Blanchett is the sole performer in the project, playing 13 wide ranging roles from a widow to a homeless man.

MANIFESTO features two-time Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett in 13 distinct, must-see vignettes that incorporate timeless manifestos from 20th century art movements. From anchorwoman to homeless man, from Pop Art to Dogma 95, a chameleonic Blanchett gives a tour-de-force performance as she transforms herself like never before. Rosefeldt weaves together history’s most impassioned artistic statements in this stunning and contemporary call to action.

“Art history is a derivation of history and we learn from history,” says Rosefeldt. “And in a time where neo-nationalist, racist and populist tendencies in politics and media threaten again democracies all over the world and challenge us to defend our allegedly achieved values of tolerance and respect, Manifesto becomes a clarion call for action.”

Manifesto is not yet rated.