God No Say So

  • 88'
  • Switzerland
  • 2010
Swiss director Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky filmed in Sierra Leone, where a civil war raged from 1991 to 2002. She interviewed some of the tens of thousands who had one or both hands cut off. ('All of us were complete before.') One of them answers the question of whether he wants to avenge himself on the culprits: 'God no say so'.
Kornetzky allows himself to be led around a bunker-like hiding place ('The Bonka'), where people sought refuge during the war. En passant, a helicopter flies over with the arrested Charles Taylor, the former Lebanese president, on his way to the Sierra Leone tribunal.
The film maker speaks to a prostitute about her dreams of the future and films children dancing enthusiastically at school. She juxtaposes the portraits with dreamy shots of the surroundings, often with backlighting or in close-up and accompanied by slow, dramatic music. She also regularly shows people sewing and knitting - a symbol of recovering from the past and building for the future.


  • 88'
  • Switzerland
  • 2010
Director
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Switzerland, Sierra Leone
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
88'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Language
English
Producer
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Production Company
Magpie Dream Pictures
Sales
Magpie Dream Pictures
Screenplay
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Cinematography
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Editor
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Sound Design
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Music
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Website
http://www.kornetzky.ch/GODNOSAYSO/index.html
Director
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Switzerland, Sierra Leone
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
88'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Language
English
Producer
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Production Company
Magpie Dream Pictures
Sales
Magpie Dream Pictures
Screenplay
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Cinematography
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Editor
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Sound Design
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Music
Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky
Website
http://www.kornetzky.ch/GODNOSAYSO/index.html