Bluebeard
A Film by Rachel Garber Cole and Kimberlee Venable
“How come I don’t know that
you get up in the middle of the night?”
“You’re sleeping.”
“What do you do?”
“I like to be alone sometimes.”
“I never want to be alone.”
“I know.”
Bluebeard (10 min, 2016) is a short film that explores the unknown space between intimacy and strangeness. A modern adaptation of the French fairy tale with the same name, the film takes us through one night with a woman who has recently moved into the home of her partner. Small rips in the fabric of reality cause her to question the limits of knowledge and sexuality within a partnership. Featuring performances from Grace Rex (Manifest, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Women Who Kill), Karl Baker Olson, Kim Rosen, and Alice Shindelair.
Trailer for Bluebeard. Please contact to view full film.