Director: Werner Herzog Great-Britain
2009 | 35mm | 0:04:00
This short movie is Werner Herzog's really original visual interprétation of a famous opera's aria. Herzog recreate among Mursis (people living in the South-West of Ethiopia).
The enigmatic interpretation of the lovers duet by Puccini called
"O soave fanciulla" (Oh sweet angel) an excerpt of "La Bohème".
Slow noise of circulation, in a rainy street. A man, wearing a weird costume, is laying on the quiet floor of an appartment. Snakes slowly crawl and slip into his clothes.
Exodus
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Director: Almagul Menlibayeva
Kazakhstan
2009 | DV | 0:11:00
Exodus is like a strong and powerful tale, it talks about old traditions that have disapeared in Kazakhstan.
Resounding voyage in a splendid space of nervousness where the threat is everywhere. The beauty is stripped and the alphabet becomes existential.
Experimente des Leibes (Body experiences)
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Director: Hagen Wiel Germany
2010 | DV | 0:20:00
The topic is the relationship between the dereliction of the individual and the test of its realization in the existence. The body is perceived like gifted of a centrifugal force; it must play at the same time all the parts, realizer, actor and spectator.
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