Free World Pens
_Free World Pens_ is a film about family and solitary confinement. The film takes shape through letters from a man incarcerated in Texas, whose words echo in the mind of his sister as she walks freely through Montreal.
| Directors | Nika Khanjani, Nika Khanjani |
| Actors | Christine Chevarie, Christine Chevarie |
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This film is a poem.
The filmmaker's beautiful voice reads us letters written by her brother. These words color our entire perception of reality.
Impressionistic images immerse us into the director's subjectivity: reflections of light on the ground, people exercising in a park in autumn, a small hand in a large one. These are images of the filmmaker's daily life that resonate differently knowing her brother's confinement. A Montreal alley, so common, evokes here a cruel freedom because it is inaccessible to him.
Nika has chosen to create a contrast between the images and the soundscapes, reminiscent of the contrast between reality and the thoughts that inhabit us. The film thus plunges us into an undefined time, as if we too were losing the notion of time, like her brother in total isolation.
The short film reminds us how others, despite their absence, always accompany us. Her brother writes, "Why am I here? Why am I still here?" And we wonder how to live when our loved ones suffer?
Nika explains that her artistic approach allows her to "evoke how political and historical forces influence the inner lives of individuals." This film is the most touching proof of that.
Christine Chevarie
Filmmaker
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Français
21 mn
Language: Français -
English
21 mn
Language: English
- Année 2015
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 21
- Producteur Nika Khanjani
- Langue English
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court The letters of a man incarcerated in Texas read to his sister walking freely in Montreal.
This film is a poem.
The filmmaker's beautiful voice reads us letters written by her brother. These words color our entire perception of reality.
Impressionistic images immerse us into the director's subjectivity: reflections of light on the ground, people exercising in a park in autumn, a small hand in a large one. These are images of the filmmaker's daily life that resonate differently knowing her brother's confinement. A Montreal alley, so common, evokes here a cruel freedom because it is inaccessible to him.
Nika has chosen to create a contrast between the images and the soundscapes, reminiscent of the contrast between reality and the thoughts that inhabit us. The film thus plunges us into an undefined time, as if we too were losing the notion of time, like her brother in total isolation.
The short film reminds us how others, despite their absence, always accompany us. Her brother writes, "Why am I here? Why am I still here?" And we wonder how to live when our loved ones suffer?
Nika explains that her artistic approach allows her to "evoke how political and historical forces influence the inner lives of individuals." This film is the most touching proof of that.
Christine Chevarie
Filmmaker
-
Français
Duration: 21 minutesLanguage: Français21 mn -
English
Duration: 21 minutesLanguage: English21 mn
- Année 2015
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 21
- Producteur Nika Khanjani
- Langue English
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court The letters of a man incarcerated in Texas read to his sister walking freely in Montreal.
