The Marionette Unit

[Project862006]

This film is set in an alternate Victorian England, a world where steam-punk technology has developed rapidly and in a world where all creativity, art and individual expression is state-controlled. The Marionette Unit is a theatre show where machine and human have been fused together. A musical machine that resembles a twisted tortured church organ, run with valves, steam and electricity, is connected by a mass of electrical cables to three ballet dancers, who have the wires fused into their bodies. The dancers are controlled by the machine much to the amazement of the Victorian audience.

We follow the story of Smith, an enigmatic character connected to an underground society of artists, hunted by the police. He has come to watch the prize ballet dancer, Georgette try and escape the wired clutches of The Marionette Unit. Will she be able to wrestle free and escape with Smith, or will she succumb to the powerful forces that hold her captive? What follows is a stunning and imaginative display of the human spirit fighting to be set free.

Teaser on Main Site
http://www.themarionetteunit.com/index.php

looks and sounds very interesting

 

[Gunga Diner]

Based on the description alone it sounds like an interesting story, even if it has the subtlety of a clown on a jackhammer and the concept of a dystopian totalitarian future isn't anything new. But this is a twist that I like.

 

[Watson]

The trailer was hella creepy. Does this actually have distribution?