The life of a fishing family in the inland delta of the Niger River in Mali is upended by the effects of globalization: rising fuel and staple food prices, the fishing crisis, and climate change. The film is threaded with questions about intergenerational transmission, about the relationship to history and memory in a region where traces of the beginning of things still endure.
In Athens, Amir, an Iranian immigrant, has a modest flat which has become a place of transit for migrants who, just like him, chose to leave their country. But Greece is only a stopover, all of them hoping to reach other Western countries. They find themselves stuck at Amir’s place, waiting for ID documents, contacts and the smuggler to whom they might entrust their destiny…
\*Manic\* est le récit du voyage personnel de la réalisatrice Kalina Bertin pour comprendre l'impact dévastateur de la maladie mentale sur sa famille. Convaincue que son père tient la pièce manquante d'un puzzle familial, elle enquête sur cet homme insaisissable, connu sous de multiples identités : gourou de secte, escroc professionnel, élu de Dieu, et père de quinze enfants issus de cinq famil...
The life of a fishing family in the inland delta of the Niger River in Mali is upended by the effects of globalization: rising fuel and staple food prices, the fishing crisis, and climate change. The film is threaded with questions about intergenerational transmission, about the relationship to history and memory in a region where traces of the beginning of things still endure.
In Athens, Amir, an Iranian immigrant, has a modest flat which has become a place of transit for migrants who, just like him, chose to leave their country. But Greece is only a stopover, all of them hoping to reach other Western countries. They find themselves stuck at Amir’s place, waiting for ID documents, contacts and the smuggler to whom they might entrust their destiny…
\*Manic\* est le récit du voyage personnel de la réalisatrice Kalina Bertin pour comprendre l'impact dévastateur de la maladie mentale sur sa famille. Convaincue que son père tient la pièce manquante d'un puzzle familial, elle enquête sur cet homme insaisissable, connu sous de multiples identités : gourou de secte, escroc professionnel, élu de Dieu, et père de quinze enfants issus de cinq famil...