THE GREATER CIRCULATION
dir. Antero Alli, 2005
United States, 93 min.
In English.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 - 10PM
MONDAY, MARCH 16 - 730PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 - 5PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 - 10PM

A true highlight in Alli's mid-career of filmmaking, THE GREATER CIRCULATION paints postmodern parallels between 1908 Paris and Berkley, California in the early 2000s. As a theater director prepares for an interpretive performance adaptation of Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend", his life becomes metaphysically intertwined with Rainer Maria Rilke (LLOYD BROKEN) as he himself begins to have visions of his deceased friend Paula Modersohn-Becker (THIA ALLI). Embellished with dream sequences that incorporate Modersohn-Becker's enchanting portraits, Antero Alli's closest attempt at a period piece also happens to be one of his most beautiful.

In 'The Greater Circulation' we are enchanted and indeed haunted, not only by the profound trajectory of Rilke's life and work, but also by Alli's ability to tell stories within stories, to make the invisible visible, and to bring to earth what can only be truly grasped through spiritual vision.
--Cedrus Monte, Jungian analyst