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The DeVilles

The DeVilles

By Nicole Nielsen Horyani

Denmark 56 minutes 2009 English
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Festivals
  • SXSW Film Festival 2010 (Austin, United States)
  • Bergen International Film Festival 2009 (Bergen, Norway)
  • cph:dox: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival 2009 (Silver Spring, United States)

Synopsis

A film about the American burlesque stripper Teri Lee Geary (aka Kitten DeVille) and her punk rock singer husband Shawn Geary: the DeVilles live a strong and not quite uncomplicated love. The film meets the DeVilles after 25 years of passion and at a time of crisis. The lifestyle and the love all of a sudden have a back edge.

Teri and Shawn live in a self-imposed time bubble of romance caught somewhere between the 1950’s and the 1980’s. Their looks, their home and even their lifestyle all fit the format. Teri looks like Marilyn Monroe and Shawn looks like Joe Strummer from The Clash. Aesthetics are a big part of identity.

The story told is a journey into the The DeVilles' universe, where two people don’t want to grow up and define themselves by their symbiotic love. Their lives are so fused there are only a few boundaries left. The main characters Teri and Shawn are controlled by a love addiction which is not without consequences and which can turn out to be rather self-destructive. In their twosomeness jealousy and attempts to control each other often arise.

How do you break up such a glamorous and consumed life? The film shows different nuances just as their love does; vehemence, ugliness, beauty, and tenderness.

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