Kairos

A movie to see once in a lifetime

k-12 affiche

K-12: A phantasmagoric adventure

We follow the story of Crybaby, a child with a very difficult family background. Her and her

friend Angelita, have incredible abilities and they are starting their year of school in a sleepaway school. At first glance this school seems like the perfect place to learn. However we will soon realize how corrupted

this school and its people are and how stressful it is for our two protagonists who will have thanks to their new friends and tenacity destroy this system and school who only seek to condition and exploit them, and they will also try to find their place in a world that rejects them for their differences

A reflect of society

The main theme is difference and learning to accept and be proud of yourself in a world that does not like difference. The film will also denounce

discrimination that humans can face in their lives because of their difference with sub-themes and parallels with real life. Indeed, a parallel was made

with racism and the black lives matter demonstrations that took place during the 2020 covid crisis. Discrimination against LGBT people are also mentioned with one of the teachers being fired because she is transgender. The director will also

talk to us about sexism and in particular the rape culture and the gender norms imposed to women. Other themes such as manipulation or psychiatric disorders are also talked about with one of the main

characters being manipulated by a teacher in exchange for favors or a student who suffers from eating disorders.

“You hear that? Liberty and justice for all? That’s bullshit.”

A very creative director

melanie martinez

Melanie Martinez was born april 28th 1995 in New York, she is a singer, a director and an american actress she was known for participating to The voice where she interpreted toxic from britney spears in 2012. In 2015, she wrote her first album crybaby in which she tells us the story of crybaby a character that have family problems, body image problems, bullying problems in fact crababy represents melanie martinez, in 2019 she made her second album K-12 that she accompanied with the movie of the same name

A fantastic detour

This is the first film she has ever made, she made several music clips and a compilation of all her clips following the story and the universe of the first album. Through the k-12 movie we can see the different inspirations used such as mathilda with the two protagonists having powers and living in a hostile environment, alice in the wonderland made by carroll lewis as well as of Tim Burton with the outfits and the global atmosphere, while also getting her inspiration from the movie alice by Jan Svankmajer which shows us a very strange side of the original book and makes us feel uneasy, It is also inspired by beetlejuice with the type of humor and the fact that the school is haunted and the Grinch with the cynical side of the film.

Dear reader i will now give you a little taste of her inspirations, they all share a similar atmosphere with a touch of mystery and funny scenes

affiche film mathilda

Matilda made in 1996 by Danny Devito

affiche du Film Alice

alice made in 1988 by jan svankmajer

affiche du Film Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice made in 1988 by Tim Burton

affiche du Film Le Grinch

the grinch made in 2000 by Ron Howard

affiche du Film Alice au pays des merveilles

Alice in wonderland made by Tim Burton in 2003

As you can see she gets most of her inspiration from Tim Burton who made very famous and liked movies with a very peculiar universe

affiche du Film Les noces funèbre

Corpse bride made by Tim Burton in 2005

affiche du L'étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack

The nightmare before christmas made in 1994 by Tim Burton