Havarie


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On September 14 2012 at 2:56 PM, the cruise liner _Adventure of the Seas_ reports to the Spanish Maritime Rescue Centre the sighting of a dinghy adrift with 13 persons on board. From a YouTube clip and biographical scenes evolves a choreography reflecting the past, present, and future of the voyagers on the Mediterranean.



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Director

Philip Scheffner

Actor

Emanuel Licha

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It's an image stretched toward infinity. Blue crosses it. Sea and sky mingle, and the sun draws silvery furrows. In the center, a dark spot whose blurred contours preserve its mystery. Occasionally, the blur becomes clearer, and we squint to make out its meaning.

 

93 minutes, during which the image expands to the point of abstraction. A slight flap reveals where it was taken from. A violet ray pierces the skies.

 

A shaky boat where 13 people are crammed together. A derisory island adrift. On a colossal cruise liner, a man films. The same people on both sides of the story.

 

In front of an image that's impossible to look away from, a soundtrack links the worlds that collide in this drama, tirelessly relayed on the news. Fragments of life intersect, making tangible the materiality of exile, the violence of international relations, and the absurdity of borders in the face of human tragedy. A painful meditation unfolds through the film's bloated temporality. But, somewhere, humanity holds firm: "We're keeping visual contact.”

 

 

Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director

 

 

 


  • Français

    Français

    1h33

    Language: Français
  • English

    English

    1h33

    Language: English
  • Année 2016
  • Pays Germany
  • Durée 93
  • Producteur Pong film GmbH
  • Langue English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic
  • Sous-titres French, English
  • Résumé court On an inflatable boat in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 people are waiting for help...

It's an image stretched toward infinity. Blue crosses it. Sea and sky mingle, and the sun draws silvery furrows. In the center, a dark spot whose blurred contours preserve its mystery. Occasionally, the blur becomes clearer, and we squint to make out its meaning.

 

93 minutes, during which the image expands to the point of abstraction. A slight flap reveals where it was taken from. A violet ray pierces the skies.

 

A shaky boat where 13 people are crammed together. A derisory island adrift. On a colossal cruise liner, a man films. The same people on both sides of the story.

 

In front of an image that's impossible to look away from, a soundtrack links the worlds that collide in this drama, tirelessly relayed on the news. Fragments of life intersect, making tangible the materiality of exile, the violence of international relations, and the absurdity of borders in the face of human tragedy. A painful meditation unfolds through the film's bloated temporality. But, somewhere, humanity holds firm: "We're keeping visual contact.”

 

 

Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director

 

 

 


  • Français

    Français


    Duration: 1h33
    Language: Français
    1h33
  • English

    English


    Duration: 1h33
    Language: English
    1h33
  • Année 2016
  • Pays Germany
  • Durée 93
  • Producteur Pong film GmbH
  • Langue English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic
  • Sous-titres French, English
  • Résumé court On an inflatable boat in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 people are waiting for help...

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