A film document for a monument. Raphael Zarka records the artwork Alberto Burri created in 1981 on the ruins of the Italian town of Gibellina, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. The past is a motionless, almost threatening presence in every shot. Humans are accidental interlopers.
Also in this combined programme
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The Tent
Enthrallingly edited and scored, monochromatic amplification of 1970s idealism, expressed in drawings, texts and photos by the ‘British Systems Group’ -
In Free Fall
Steyerl tells the story of the current global economic crisis by means of an aeroplane junkyard in the Californian desert and all sorts of crashes. -
Mastering Bambi
Beautiful interpretation of the Disney classic. Broersen & Lukács guide you through Bambi’s moods, but without the narrative or the characters. -
Theta Rhythm
Reconstruction of what happened on a particular day, during a meeting which changed a country’s future.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
