Overview
Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.
Director and cast
- Julia Zinn as Polistes, a paper wasp; queen
- Lori Felker as Ampulex, a cockroach wasp; female
- Molly Feingold as Crabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female
- Chet Mazur as Arilus, an assassin-bug; female
- Boki Bodunrin as Anoplius, a spider wasp; female
- Vicky Yen as Sphecius, the Cicada Killer; female
- Shelby Fossell as Parcoblatta, a cockroach; female
- Christy Lemaster as Spider
- Clare Britt as Tibicen, a cicada; female
- Alica Da Cunha as Apis, the Honeybee; worker
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