By Design
Act One Cinema, High Street 119 - 121, W3 6NA London
£8.60
About
By Design is a film about Camille, a woman who envies a beautiful showroom chair so much that she swaps forms with it, only to find she is better liked as an object than as a person. Unable to speak or move, she ends up in the hands of Olivier, a minimalist bachelor who grows romantically fixated on her. The absurdist body-swap fable, narrated by Melanie Griffith, mixes deadpan humor, surrealist flourishes and interpretative dance numbers. It was made by filmmaker Amanda Kramer and stars Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie and Samantha Mathis.
Written by a model, sources: actonecinema.co.uk
Critics
6.0Good
Critics praise the committed cast, Juliette Lewis's performance and the director's bold, theatrical surrealism and satire of validation. They fault the thin, repetitive ideas that stay vague, calling the film underdeveloped and less fun than its premise promises.
Reviews: Loud and Clear Reviews, IGN, TMDb
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Venue
Act One Cinema is in London.
High Street 119 - 121, W3 6NA London
Act One Cinema 8 more events- Director
- Amanda Kramer
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 91 min
