''Mammame'' is a 1986 French
dance film
A dance film (also known as screen dance) is a film in which dance is used to reveal the central themes of the film, whether these themes be connected to narrative or story, states of being, or more experimental and formal concerns. In such films, ...
directed by Chilean filmmaker
Raúl Ruiz based on French
choreographer
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
Jean-Claude Gallotta's
modern ballet
Contemporary ballet is a genre of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. It employs classical ballet technique and in many cases classical pointe technique as well, but allows greater range of movement of the uppe ...
of the same name.
Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for ''The Chicago Reader'' from 1987 to 2008, when he retired. He has published and edited numerous books about cinema and has ...
argued that it "rivals ''
The Red Shoes'' as the most intoxicating dance film ever made".
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1986 films
French dance films
Films directed by Raúl Ruiz
1980s dance films
1980s French-language films
1980s French films
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