My Lover the Killer. Lydia Lunch

Marc Hurtado / France (2021 - 60’ - VOSE)

The film is a poetic portrait of Lydia Lunch directed by Marc Hurtado. We follow Lydia Lunch across Europe and discover, buried in the labyrinth of her life and her tumultuous work, the incredible story of Johnny O 'Kane, her first great love, who killed her partner and committed suicide on the day of a meeting planned with Lydia Lunch after thirty years of separation. This film is a sort of hallucinatory and psychedelic journey through the mind of Lydia Lunch.

Data sheet

Director: Marc Hurtado
Year: 2021
Country: France
Length: 60 min.
Original language: English
Leadings: Lydia Lunch, Marc Hurtado
Camera: Marc Hurtado
Editor: Marc Hurtado
Producers: Pauline Quinonero
Film company: Too Many Cowboys

Marc Hurtado

Marc Hurtado is a director, musician, poet, painter, co-founder in 1977 of the group Etant Donnés, who collaborated with Alan Vega & Martin Rev (Suicide), Genesis P Orridge, Michael Gira, Lydia Lunch ,Philippe Grandrieux, Jessica Hausner, Pierre Luc Vaillancourt, Z'EV, Gabi Delgado, Mark Cunnigham, Bachir Attar & the Masters Musicians of Jajouka, Pascal Comelade and Christophe. He has made more than 30 albums and 27 films, including 3 feature films. He has performed on stage numerous times with Lydia Lunch since 2014, recorded and played live the album My Lover The Killer and toured with her as a tribute to the band Suicide and Alan Vega.