The voice of an old Frenchman guides us through three extreme situations under very different, yet basically the same conditions. Dead or alive? What is he trying to tell us? In the end, everything is clarified. Beautifully made, layered fiction about fate, coincidence and courage. Screened before Ginger and Rosa.
Also in this combined programme
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Men of the Earth
No dialogue, yet original and emotionally engaging. About road workers engaged in a strange and impressive ritual. -
Dogs Are Said to See Things
How a pool party is rudely interrupted. The beautifully constructed and ominous tension is visualised idiosyncratically. -
km
‘A man. A woman. In a car. Fastened. Immobile. Blood. Silence.’ A suitably skewed short, from the team that brought us Dogtooth and Attenberg. -
Malody
Chaos in a diner built in a rolling wheel when the gravitational pull changes and sets off a chain of events. Strange and hallucinating fiction. -
Living Still Life
Fièvre, a mysterious woman, collects dead animals to make them alive again through animated films. One day, a man comes to her, asking to bring…
Film details
- Country of production
- Spain
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
