Sweet Movie

The action unfolds in the late 20th century, with references to Miss Monde 1984 and contemporary media. The visual world mixes pop culture satire with avant garde art and provocative performances. The parallel stories occur across European urban settings, reflecting a period of social experimentation.

Two iconic European cities anchor the narrative. One thread moves from a Parisian milieu around the Eiffel Tower to a high society marriage and a later artist commune. The other thread glides through Amsterdam's canal world, with surreal imagery and a juxtaposition of commerce and counterculture.

🔥 Liberation

The film juxtaposes puritanical expectations with acts of sexual liberation, exposing social double standards. In the Miss Monde thread, authority figures try to suppress her, while in the commune sexuality is explored as a communal ritual. The tension between desire and control drives the narrative and questions personal autonomy.

🍫 Consumption

Candy imagery and chocolate ads saturate the film, signaling how media commercializes desire and innocence. The Paris sequence slips into a seductive display that blurs art and commerce. In Amsterdam, the sweets driven world escalates into political and criminal territory, critiquing capitalist appetite and exploitation.

🌱 Ritual

The Therapie-Komune presents an alternative community where ritual acts are meant to catalyze rebirth and care. The scenes of ritualized cleansing and care contrast with exploitation and power dynamics within the group. The film uses these rites to probe ethics, autonomy, and the price of collective relief.