Danse Macabre
For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?
- Canada
- 2008, 8 min
- Director: Pedro Pires
- Director of photography: Pedro Pires
- Editor: Pedro Pires
- Screenplay: Pedro Pires
- Cast: Anne Bruce Falconer
- Contacts: Danny Lennon
- Producer: Catherine Chagnon, Pedro Pires
- Production: PHI GROUP
Pedro Pires
Pedro Pires (Canada) is an award-winning visual-effects artist whose credits include the films The Red Violin (1998) and Possible Worlds (2001). He makes his directorial debut with Danse Macabre (2009) which was awarded Best Canadian Short Film at Toronto International Film Festival.