Leave (2023)

'Leave' uses puppetry to explore representations of Caucasian women and drunkenness in film and television. The stumbling woman, made famous in films and TV shows such as Fatal Attraction, Fleabag, Killing Eve, and Single Drunk Female, is introduced face down on the carpet at the end of the night, surrounded by bottles and beer cans. She appears as a part-human-part-puppet character trying to piece together the night before. Combining a series of poetic and directorial voiceovers, subtitles, and text messages, 'Leave' explores the erotics of the relationship between puppeteer and puppet, showing the way the puppeteer supports and manipulates the puppet to ask questions about agency and intoxication within the body horror genre.

Created by

Cara Benedetto and Liang Luscombe

Featuring

Courtney Mackedanze and Stephanie Jacobson

Sound Design

Coco Klockner

Camera

Jon Hustead and Liang Luscombe

Colour Grading

Peter Hatzipavlis

Directed by

Liang Luscombe

Project Assistance

Cesar Echevarria