Gold Flakes

Werner Schroeter's rhapsody of excess leaps from 1949 Cuba to contemporary France to points in between, while its feverishly shifting visual style evokes and parodies everything from kitschy Mexican telenovelas to silent French art films.

Cast

Magdalena Montezuma

Magdalena, Josette, The Angel of Death

Ila von Hasperg

Klara, Aline

Ellen Umlauf

Helena

Christine Kaufmann

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa, Marie