Cate Blanchett plays 13 unconnected characters in wildly disparate situations who shout, whisper, and otherwise recite both famous and not-so-famous manifestos, including those by Fluxus, Dogme 9 -- yay! -- and the Dadaists.

Even if you can't parse all the recombinant elements here, Rosefeldt entertains all the senses while getting at the way art goes beyond language to explore the politics of life, both transitory and enduring.

The disjunction between what's being said and who's saying it is intermittently amusing, but as the weighty speeches blend into an incoherent babble, the film becomes increasingly tedious.