• Ada Kaleh

Ada Kaleh


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An indeterminate location, in summer. The inhabitants of a shared apartment ask themselves where they might live. They imagine countries, communities and places. Time passes and nothing can change that, neither human action nor objects and their condition. At some point, they all drift into a deep sleep.



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Director

Helena Wittmann

Actor

Matthew Wolkow

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Here, gestures are memories
The camera pan recalls Akerman
The light invokes Weerasethakul

If the apartment is a place of cohabitation
The film’s space becomes a meditative journey
Gentle and sublime
Like the protagonists, we sink into a trance
Cinema keeps its promise of refuge

Yet the depth of sleep
 Stands in contrast with our present reality
 A heavy powerlessness has set in
 Lightness has vanished.
 Is it still possible to sleep, to dream?
 The sound of a marching crowd wakes us up
 

 

Matthew Wolkow
Filmmaker and curious by profession


  • Français

    Français

    14 mn

    Language: Français
  • English

    English

    14 mn

    Language: English
  • Année 2018
  • Pays Germany
  • Durée 14
  • Producteur Helena Wittmann
  • Langue Mandarin
  • Sous-titres French, English
  • Résumé court An unspecified location, in summer. The residents of a shared apartment wonder where they could live. At one point, they all fall into a deep sleep.
  • Ordre 4

Here, gestures are memories
The camera pan recalls Akerman
The light invokes Weerasethakul

If the apartment is a place of cohabitation
The film’s space becomes a meditative journey
Gentle and sublime
Like the protagonists, we sink into a trance
Cinema keeps its promise of refuge

Yet the depth of sleep
 Stands in contrast with our present reality
 A heavy powerlessness has set in
 Lightness has vanished.
 Is it still possible to sleep, to dream?
 The sound of a marching crowd wakes us up
 

 

Matthew Wolkow
Filmmaker and curious by profession


  • Français

    Français


    Duration: 14 minutes
    Language: Français
    14 mn
  • English

    English


    Duration: 14 minutes
    Language: English
    14 mn
  • Année 2018
  • Pays Germany
  • Durée 14
  • Producteur Helena Wittmann
  • Langue Mandarin
  • Sous-titres French, English
  • Résumé court An unspecified location, in summer. The residents of a shared apartment wonder where they could live. At one point, they all fall into a deep sleep.
  • Ordre 4

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