Asian Cinema Collective presents: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Join the Asian Cinema Collective for a special screening of Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) at Eclipse Cinema!

We're taking over the screens at Eclipse Cinema in October with a range of Queer Asian films, from new releases, to cult classics and community favourites.

About the film

Trans actor Peter gives an astonishing performance as Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet – where she’s ignited a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda. One of Japan’s leading experimental filmmakers, Matsumoto bends and distorts time, and freely mixes documentary interviews, Brechtian film-within-a-film asides, Oedipal premonitions of disaster, his own avant-garde shorts, and even on-screen cartoon balloons. Funeral Parade of Roses is a celebration of youth and subcultures, a condemnation of intolerance, and a one-of-kind cinematic experience. A kaleidoscopic masterpiece, and one of the most subversive, intoxicating films of the 60s.

Film: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) 薔薇の葬列

Director: Toshio Matsumoto

Rating: Unclassified 18+

Run Time: 105 minutes

Language: Japanese with English subtitles 

Content Warning: Strong injury detail, suicide/self harm, violence, sex references, incest, drug misuse

Tickets

ACC Members - $16

General Admission - $18

About the Asian Cinema Collective

The Asian Cinema Collective (ACC) was born out of a need for community and an opportunity to share our love for Asian cinema with fellow filmgoers in Melbourne. Open to all, the ACC is a place for both the diaspora and fans of films made in Asia, or films featuring predominantly Asian experiences and stories.