""There's certainly a lot of physical challenge to doing the action stuff, but it's so much more forgiving, because you're going to cut a lot, and you might not be in a tight shot, and there's a lot of motion.""
""But when you're doing the intimate scenes between Helena and Baby Ochi, the whole movie is resting on those scenes and them feeling co...""
In A24's 'The Legend of Ochi,' a baby ochi, a puppet operated by seven individuals, becomes the film's standout character. This fictional creature, set against the backdrop of the Carpathian Mountains, navigates a story highlighting a unique bond between a girl and the creature. While action-packed scenes present physical challenges, the filmmakers, including writer-director Isaiah Saxon and actress Helena Zengel, found the quieter, more intimate interactions to be more demanding and crucial to the film's emotional core.
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