Using texts by Kafka and photographs of Theo van Doesburg’s house in France, artist Ansuya Blom illustrates the mood of a man trying to regain control of his life. With a sense of despair and plenty of humour, Blom reveals his doubts and the banality of daily rituals.
Also in this combined programme
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Kiss the Rain
The first verse of The Rain Couplets, in Klahr’s recognisable style of animation. About love, with a moving soundtrack. -
The Street of Everlasting Rain
In the second verse of The Rain Series, Klahr plays with romantic love and time perception, whilst elements from Kiss the Rain re-occur. -
Dad’s Stick
A film crammed full of warmth and compellingly dry insight introduces us to Mr. Tony Smith, John’s Dad, and ‘a perfectionist with a steady hand’. -
Cold Open
Drenched in creeping damp and malaise, the visual consequence of a powerfully ‘absent-minded gaze in response to the world’. -
Temper Clay
A house in Seoul and one in the countryside are the point of departure for a poetic, musical film that ends with a quote from…
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
