Biography

Massimilian Breeder

Director
Writer
Actor

Dispatched to a remote military post, two young American soldiers, Peter Dewey and Adam Pierce, are tasked with protecting a sacred pressure valve system from possible enemy incursions. In the stillness of this unforgiving desert, the monotonous task is only occasionally relieved by the vague hope that one day an enemy attack from beyond a vast mountain range will offer an opportunity for meaning and honor. As days turn to months, loneliness to isolation, boredom to paranoia, Peter descends into a dark and delusional reality. His journey is an existential meditation on the meaningless cruelty of war and the western ''fear propaganda" machine, trapped in a large diorama of religious symbols.

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Reservoir (2013)

Massimilian Breeder was born in Genova on June 13, 1978. He is the writer and director of Reservoir (2013), co-director Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong (2008), and writer and director of The Lunatic Express (2021). He lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also known for series of art projects for the Centre Pompidou and other international art centers: "The Car Crashes" (2014) with Nina Breeder, "Narita" (2015) with Nina Breeder, and Amidgalae (2004-2006) the first model of interaction between Cinema and Neuroscience presented at the prestigious Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in Paris, in which he implemented the use of biofeedback technology to modulate and change the course of the narrative structure of a film, directly influenced by emotional responses.