Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'


Ghost Dance (1983)
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Pascale Ogier
Pascale

Leonie Mellinger
Marianne
JD
Jacques Derrida
Himself
SB
Stuart Brisley
Action on Water

Robbie Coltrane
George

Dominique Pinon
Salesman/Guide
BC
Barbara Coles
of Woman

Archie Pool
of Myths
KM
Ken McMullen
of Man