There is a geography of miracles. Jonasz studies insects and fishes, Signe leaves and herbs. After a day spent in gardens and libraries, they meet, take the train and leave the city, pitching their tent on the shores of a lake. As they read, eat fruit, wander the forest and swim in the cold water, the outside world feels further and further away. A stranger appears and a trio is formed. But the...
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Duration: 3h38What if the danses macabres, beyond their grimacing folklore, staged the death of the Middle Ages and the invention, in the middle of the 15th century, of modern Europe? It is the hypothesis of writer Jean Louis Schefer. An investigation in the form of a conversation and walks between Paris and Portugal, with directors Rita Azevedo Gomez and Pierre Léon. A six-handed film.
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks the exploration of their lives, the city and the ways art reflects and shapes the world.
There is a geography of miracles. Jonasz studies insects and fishes, Signe leaves and herbs. After a day spent in gardens and libraries, they meet, take the train and leave the city, pitching their tent on the shores of a lake. As they read, eat fruit, wander the forest and swim in the cold water, the outside world feels further and further away. A stranger appears and a trio is formed. But the...
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Duration: 3h38What if the danses macabres, beyond their grimacing folklore, staged the death of the Middle Ages and the invention, in the middle of the 15th century, of modern Europe? It is the hypothesis of writer Jean Louis Schefer. An investigation in the form of a conversation and walks between Paris and Portugal, with directors Rita Azevedo Gomez and Pierre Léon. A six-handed film.
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks the exploration of their lives, the city and the ways art reflects and shapes the world.