Documentary and fiction create a precarious balance in this well-crafted experiment. The actors – the young, vulnerable immigrant and the homeless man – met for the first time during their first take together. The raw documentary footage from Belarus intercut with the story make Lubaben ‘a fiction composed of different layers of documentary’, as director Eva Pervolovici writes in her director’s notes.
Also in this combined programme
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A Short Film About War
Narrative documentary made from online-based photos, videos and blogs of war zones, which presents itself as a fictional construct. -
A History of Mutual Respect
A micro-budget film, buzzing with interstellar ambition, flamboyance and guts announces that the Abrantes/Schmidt partnership has fully arrived. -
The Story of Elfranko Wessels
An unusual tale, told in a far from usual manner, featuring an intriguing use of dubbing, song, back projection, and sculptural rearrangements of furn
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Romania
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 30'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
