Man shapes his environment, which shapes his brain. Two hundred kilometres from Beijing, men live in a stone quarry amidst rocks that are waiting to be hacked, cut and sanded into sculptures. The same gestures come back again and again, to write a history of deterioration and repair. In the making of monuments, history is obliterated.
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Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
