Chained for Life
US 2018 | 91 Min
| DCP
The young actress Mabel lands the lead in a new horror film, heading a cast put together by a European art-house director that consists entirely of physically deformed people. In between takes she befriends Rosenthal, whose exceptional appearance has labeled him a monster both in art and in life. Chained for Life has a fundamentally romantic spirit, but does not romanticize: Mabel wanders along the narrow ledge between empathy and pity, but becomes neither a white savior, nor is Aaron Scheinberg’s directorial debut an unthinking embrace of Freaks: Tod Browning’s central work is an absolute soulmate of this masterpiece.
Aaron Schimberg
is a filmmaker living in New York. His debut feature Go Down Death (2013) was called "an astonishing out-of-nowhere film" and "a stunning midnight movie in the tradition of Jodorowsky and The Saragossa Manuscript" by the press. He has received various grants and fellowships. Chained for Life is his second feature film.
is a filmmaker living in New York. His debut feature Go Down Death (2013) was called "an astonishing out-of-nowhere film" and "a stunning midnight movie in the tradition of Jodorowsky and The Saragossa Manuscript" by the press. He has received various grants and fellowships. Chained for Life is his second feature film.
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