It's Not About Love
Corps plongés is in some ways a classic story, but with Raoul Peck’s unmistakable signature. Here we find familiar themes like love and the urge to find oneself – but also social divisions, xenophobia, jealousy and man’s concurrent fascination for and fear of death. Peck weaves all these elements into a heartfelt and engaging story. Chase experiences society’s class divisions and their brutal consequences in her job as a forensic expert in New York. Her worldview is strongly influenced by the reality that surrounds her in her job. In addition, she is trapped in a dead end of a relationship, as the mistress of an ambitious and greedy candidate for governor. But the past catches up with her, in the form of her old lover Dmitri, in exile as a Haitian diplomat. Chase’s two worlds cannot be reconciled without consequences for herself and those she loves.
Original title Corps Plongés
Year 1997
Director Raoul PECK
Screenplay Raoul PECK
Cinematography Pascal MARTI
Producer Jacques BIDOU
Cast Geno LECHNER, Jean-Michel MARTIAL, Bob MEYER, Susan MONCUR, Israel HOROVITZ
Production Company Velvet Film
Runtime 1h 36m
Format 35mm
Links IMDb