Desperado*

For Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez taking songs and putting them in a movie sequence is about as cinematic a thing as you can do. Roberto Rodriguez does n’t make sound a minor element of his work and there lay the interest and the challenge for Bikini Machine.

Convinced their music can serve and enrich these films French rockers Bikini Machine chose Desperado, the simple tale of a trigger-happy guitar player who travels Mexico avenging his beloved who was killed by a drug dealer. More than just a backing track, this is rock ‘n roll alchemy, fusing original film audio with a live soundtrack that smashes open the gates of cinema.

Bikini Machine performing Desperado at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Cork – Rennes Twinning, CFFF is delighted to welcome Eric Gouzannet, Director of the Travelling Film Festival in Rennes, Brittany. Each year, the festival presents films revolving around a particular city and through film, they uncover the richness, complexity and effervescent spirit of the chosen city. Desperado was specially commissioned by the Rennes festival in celebration of Mexico City as part of the year of Mexico celebrations in France last year.

Price: €15/€12 concession