Cosmos Ottinger movie program - Laokoon & Söhne. Die Verwandlungsgeschichte der Esmeralda del Rio

Fairy tales are coming
Fairy tales should stay
I am a picture
I am a fairy tale
And this is the music
This is Laocoon and Sons

Chiquita Brook translated and adapted by Ulrike Ottinger

As the widow Olimpia Vincitor, she embarks on a search for her past. Under the name Linda MacNamara, she triumphs as a skater in a duel against the parachute lady Kakalia Katzen. Tristan Tzara appears at the ritual festivals of Laura Molloy's ladies and becomes director of the traveling circus troupe "Laokoon and Sons".

The death of an artist and the destruction of her studio by seven Erinyes, who emerge from the water in the guise of firemen, are directly related to the appearance of the circus. Finally, Esmeralda del Rio's transformation into a new male role, that of gigolo Jimmy Junod, brings a touch of adventure to the modest but full life of Veronika Dalton, who had taken the name Hubert Dupavillon. But Jimmy Junod's profile is known to the police all over the world.