Basada en la obra estrenada en marzo de 1999 en el Teatro de la Comuna de Ferrara, Italia

In creating this piece, Wim Vandekeybus worked in close collaboration with composer David Byrne, primarily known as co-founder of the Talking Heads, and with an all-male company.

Vandekeybus says: “ In Spite of Wishing and Wanting is about how it is impossible to explain your deepest wish or desire… But in your dreams and sleep, your deepest wishes and fears can be expressed.”

This screen adaptation of the work was shot in the atmosphere surroundings of racetrack and at the beautiful ballroom-concerthall ‘Vooruit Arts Center' in Ghent, Belgium.