Love Lies Bleeding

In a remote new Mexico Town, gym manager Lou's life turned upside down with the arrival of bodybuilder Jackie. Jackie, who works at Lou's criminal father's shooting range, is dead set on entering a major body building competition in Las Vegas and Lou is all too eager to help her reach this goal. The two lovebirds' happiness is rudely awakened after Lou's sister suffer severe physical abuse. Things get out of hand quickly and Lou is forced to face her family's violent past head on.

The Queer Image

On Monday 8 april we present an early screening of Love Lies Bleeding as a part of our returning flm special The Queer image. This edition will be curated by guest artist Aurélien Lepetit, whose current work focuses on the societal norms connected to the body, emotions, and experience. After the screening Leptit and Anne Mul (Nieuwe Vide) will host a discussion about the way these themes are presented in the film. Tickets are available now!

Aurélien Lepetit (1992, Lyon, France) is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Amsterdam. Working with installations, sculptures and textiles he currently uses weaving, and wool on aluminum as painting. Lepetit is best known for his tufted textiles of damaged muscle fibers and constricted hand blown glass sculptures mounted on steel technical sports equipment.