Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Wonderfully shot film about the special relationship between two outsiders: an opium-addicted sailor and a precocious, 10-year-old Chinese girl.
95'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
It all started in 1966 when Belgian radiologist Herman Daled became friends with poet-artist Marcel Broodthaers. Daled and his wife Nicole purchased work from him and met other artists in his network. This led to a valuable collection of conceptual art developing unintentionally and organically. Daled was venturing into the unknown; after all, he wasn't buying physical artworks, but mainly ideas, sometimes jotted down on the spot on a scrap of paper.
Daled sold his collection, which contained works by Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Lawrence Weiner and On Kawara, to the MoMa in New York in 2011. La collection qui n'existait pas is a documentary about a somewhat mysterious collector who doesn't consider himself one and remains emphatically modest about his role. Daled says he was simply in the right place, at the right time. The film, produced by Marion Hänsel, not only provides insight into his far-from-normal life, but is also an homage to a radical, still relevant, art movement.
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
In response to her recent autobiographical film, this retrospective completes the portrait of a singular voice in filmmaking, writing, producing and acting.
Read more about this programmeWonderfully shot film about the special relationship between two outsiders: an opium-addicted sailor and a precocious, 10-year-old Chinese girl.
95'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Portrait of Belgian art collector Herman Daled, who sold his collection of conceptual works to the MoMa in 2011.
93'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Powerfully depicted study of loneliness, love and power on a South African farm. Jane Birkin in one of her best roles.
88'
Belgium
IFFR 2020