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The Sun and the Moon
UNITED STATES · 2008

The Sun and the Moon

Stephen Dwoskin
otherness and monstrosity isolation and fear beauty and the beast confrontation with the abject transformation and acceptance
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Synopsis

'The Sun and the Moon, a film fairy tale, is about two women’s terrifying encounter with ‘Otherness’ in the form of a man, abject and monstrous, and for them to either to witness, accept or partake in his annihilation. All are caught in their own isolation and are fearful of the menace that has to be met. The film, as a personal interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, enciphers concerns, beliefs a

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