BIZARRE AFTER PARTY @ Bizarre Bar
SAT // 10/2 // 10:00 - 1:00AM // 12 Jefferson St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Join the cast and crew of the film BIZARRE as they celebrate their Bushwick homecoming! Shot in Bushwick at the actual Bizarre Bar the film is an eccentric, unconventional fable that follows Maurice, an 18-year old boy from France with a dark past. Having just arrived in Brooklyn, New York, he has no friends and no place to stay. On a chance encounter, he is taken in by two beautiful girls, Kim and Betty. Maurice is given room and board and a job at their famous underground cabaret club, the Bizarre, where he begins to form a whole new family. In this ephemeral refuge of fantasy and freedom, he begins a disturbing relationship with a fascinating bartender, Luka, who also has a mysterious background. But Maurice’s past catches up to him, and the liberating world he has become a part of begins to fall apart. As an adolescent still struggling towards maturity, it won’t be long before he is compelled to flee his surroundings once again.
*Free for film ticket holders and festival guests