Crash

Despite the diversity of partners and experiences, James, a film producer, and his wife Catherine, live in a permanent state of sexual dissatisfaction. After a frontal collision between James’ and Helen’s vehicle, the two become lovers. Through Helen, James and Catherine will enter an underworld of symphophiles—road accident fetishists who photograph collisions and reenact famous deaths from car accidents, such as James Dean’s, in pursuit of ultimate sexual pleasure, led by Vaughan-- in this disturbing and deadly union, eroticism and technology intertwine, exploring the human body and its limitations in the quest for transcendental experiences.

Discussion with director David Cronenberg.

Duration: 100’
Production year: 1996
Country: CA
Language: EN Subtitles: PT

Cannes Film Festival 1996 – Jury Special Prize

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David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg was born in Canada in 1943. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 1967. During this period, he directed several experimental films, followed by work in television. He wrote and directed his first feature film in 1975, Shivers. From this point, his oeuvre began to take shape, with films such as Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), The Fly (1986), and Crash (1996). More recently, Cosmopolis (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), and Crimes of the Future (2022) were selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Influenced by authors like Vladimir Nabokov and William S. Burroughs, Cronenberg’s cinema explores the intersections between body, mind, and technology. The combination of horror and science fiction elements, which established him as a pioneer in the body horror genre, gives form to the contradictions and concerns of human society—both physical and psychological—in films imbued with a philosophical dimension and rare emotional intensity. He is a regular presence at LEFFEST: in 2009, an extensive retrospective was dedicated to his oeuvre and, in 2017, he was a member of the Jury of the Official Competition. A Dangerous Method (2011) and Crimes of the Future (2022) were both screened in the Official Selection out of Competition. His most recent film, The Shrouds (2024), will premiere in the Official Selection in Competition at LEFFEST.

Original title: Crash

David Cronenberg

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