Sergeant Bulut spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali Cherri creates a universe in which a suspended and void time opens the door to ghostly presences from a past made of war. Shot with an extreme and detailed precision of vision and sound, The Watchman is an urgent film that deconstructs the myth of duty, laying bare the absurdity of the omnipresent war rhetoric.
– Rebecca De Pas
Also in this combined programme
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Teen Girl Fantasy
A marching band of hormones, desire and the oppressive formative influence of the male gaze. -
History Is Written at Night
Blackouts across Cuba set the stage for this eerie plunge into darkness. -
6000 mensonges
6000 mensonges is a haunting testimony of a devastating experience that is lived by many.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Italy
- Year
- 2024
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 26'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
