Berenice (1996): cast, story & where to watch
1996 · Film
Released in 1996, Berenice is a notable film directed by Michael Gitlin, running about 51 minutes.
What it’s about. Berenice is a meditation on a dream of lost plenitude, and its inversion into decay. The events depicted in the film concern the formation and dissolution of a utopian community in 1832, and the psychic and physical disintegration of two members of that community. In an allusion to the interiority of the main character, Berenice, whose flashbacks form the film’s narrating consciousness, the oblique and inward-turning fictive structure gives itself over to delirious visual asides. The film is partially adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name. Additional primary sources used in constructing the film include texts by the 19th-century French utopian Charles Fourier and the collected letters from Brook Farm.
Who’s in it. Berenice stars Edith Meeks as Berenice (1832), Beatrice Roth as Berenice (1878), Jeff Webster as Edgar and Jeff Webster as Edgar.
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- Where can I watch Berenice (1996)?
- Streaming, rental and purchase options for Berenice change frequently. Check our where-to-watch page for the latest availability in your country.
- Who stars in Berenice?
- Berenice stars Edith Meeks, Beatrice Roth, Jeff Webster and Jeff Webster.
- When was Berenice released?
- Berenice was released in 1996, with a runtime of about 51 minutes.