Stylishly shot drama about gambling addiction. A man loses his sense of time and place gambling, while his wife and child wait in the car. The soundtrack, a radio play by Bruno Pellandini, provides an oddly dramatic counterbalance. On life and death, possessions and loss.
Also in this combined programme
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Il giardino della speranza
Report on how a boy’s disease progresses: the suffering, the will to survive and the intimate thoughts that betray this.
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Juanita
In her unique, associative manner, Nina Yuen juxtaposes a number of stories about death and its rituals, with growth, flowering and decay.
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On the Way to the Sea
Astoundingly beautiful, poignant portrait of a fragile humanity surrounded by an omnipotent nature.
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A Dream
Artist duo L.A. Raeven look for each other. A sister appears, one disappears; the tragic search on a stairwell catches itself out.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 17"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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