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director
Stef Lernous
performance
Kirsten Pieters, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Chiel van Berkel, Steve Geerts
music
Kreng
light & set design
Stef Lernous & Sven Van Kuijk
technic
Sven Van Kuijk & Thomas Vermaercke
production
Abattoir Fermé
co-produced by
kunstencentrum nona, Platform 0090, Garaj Istanbul, Kunstencentrum Vooruit
GHOST is a journey down South – way down South. It's like watching ghosts emerge from a swamp, a greasy green soup from which impossible figures appear and disappear. GHOST is a toxic gumbo that seems to harbor suspicions and stories with snapshots of good ol' boys, southern belles, swamp people and voodoo queens...
“The actors crawl from one character to the next with incredible transformative power… Suggestive, subtly ominous, Kreng's stunningly powerful soundtrack sucks you into the swamp from the first second. Past and present mingle and in a downward spiral we descend deeper into hell. Zombies, Lynch, Tennessee Williams and 'O brother, where art thou' meet in Stef Lernous' unique universe. Abattoir Fermé delivers an astonishing and at the same time recognizable portrait of the south of America. This is not only aesthetics in the picture, but also social criticism and shows a remarkable compassion. An intoxicating trip.”
★★★★ De Standaard (2013)
