Suburban London, the 1980s. A stranger in the family becomes a ghost child and awakens the monsters and desires of a queer childhood... Commenced during lockdown and shot in the neighbourhoods the filmmaker grew up in, THE PERPETRATORS collages moody analogue film, original animation and archival materials in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness that ponders the correlations between Stranger danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family.
At a time when political leaders are once again escalating narratives of queer people being a threat to children, Squires’ timely reflection on his own 1980s childhood exposes the history of pathological representations of menacing queers.
"Astonishing"
Cahiers du Cinema
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distribution format |
DCP on server (SMPTE 2K) |
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16/9 (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
English |
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translation |
French (Embedded subtitles) |
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rental fee |
62,00 € |
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distribution format |
DCP on server (SMPTE 2K) |
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screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
English |
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translation |
Portuguese (Embedded subtitles) |
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rental fee |
62,00 € |
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distribution format |
DCP on server (SMPTE 2K) |
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screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
English |
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rental fee |
62,00 € |
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (FHD) |
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screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
English |
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translation |
Italian (Embedded subtitles) |
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rental fee |
62,00 € |
