The Silence of the Banana Trees

Mihaly invited Eneos Çarka into his home. A place cut off from the world by trees, it houses a unique universe—one that Mihaly has built for himself. Through the filmmaker’s perspective, this house comes to life. The wind, the colors, the texture—it vibrates, it lives behind the family slides. Through the works of his daughter, but also the plants and flying leaves, we absorb the familial bonds that haunt, sometimes tenderly, the homes we inhabit. Mihaly’s solitude becomes all the more palpable because it hasn’t always been this way. The film doesn’t tell us why his daughter distanced herself, but it allows us to grasp something of their connection.

Alizée Mandereau
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