A righteous Award-winner at the festival of Avoriaz in 1990, this short film by Jan Kounen is utterly twisted and really has to be seen in order to be believed. A handful of extremely ugly and male (!) witches chase each other on motorized brooms through a futuristic, "Metropolis"-like city. There's no dialogue (at least, not the kind you understand) and the witches' outfits are funky and colorful. This is five minutes of pure ingeniousness and laughter. Director Jan Kounen made several other highly recommended short films ("Vibroboy", "Capitaine X" and "Le Dernier Chaperon Rouge") that are all very weird but really creative. The shorts are actually a lot better than his over-hyped long-feature film success "Dobermann".
Review of Gisèle Kérozène
