The Bloody Child (1996)

Two patrolling cops spot a US marine digging a hole in the Mojave desert. When they discover a woman’s body in the trunk of his car, they take him in for murder. Inspired by real events, Nina Menkes delivers yet another brilliant ?and less than straightforward- study on violence made with striking originality with respect to the alternation of points of view and the use of cinematic time. Like an archeological excavation of a ghost town, Bloody Child is a testimony to the forgotten art of trust, which, bruised and bloodied, seems out of reach.

Director-Cinematography: Nina Menkes
Editing: Nina Menkes, Tinka Menkes
Cast: Tinka Menkes, Sherry Sibley, Russ Little, Jack O’Hara

USA, Color
English, 85’
Format: 35mm