The Mountains
Armed with 30 years of home-video, 75.000 family photos and three tightly fit superhero costumes, the director Christian, ventures into landscapes of long-lost time, in an attempt to confront a 25-year old tragedy, and the hidden wounds left in its wake.
| Director | Christian Einshøj |
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Expanding on his 2018 Hot Docs Best International Short Documentary award-winner Haunted, filmmaker Christian Einshøj focuses this sensitive self-portrait on the men in his family and the devastating tragedy that led to the distance between them. Using home videos and photographs, and a 1,600-kilometre Arctic Circle road trip, he maps the terra incognita of their loss in the hopes of opening up a dialogue. The Einshøj archive, intended to preserve the milestones and memories of childhood, is repurposed to confront the past, express buried emotions and settle stillborn disputes. It takes courage to go where you’ve never gone before, and this tender and humorous film about male communication and closeness does the work of superheroes to salvage the bonds between brothers, and between father and sons. The Mountains is mediated through a brilliant voiceover and the camera itself, its lens and zoom, its images and editing, and acts as a literal coping mechanism to confess grief and dismantle time.
Angie Driscoll
Programmer, Hot Docs
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Français
1h29
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français -
English
1h29
Language: English
Subtitles: English
- Année 2023
- Pays Denmark
- Durée 89
- Producteur Made in Copenhagen
- Langue Danish, Norwegian, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court 75,000 photos and 30 years of home videos nourish a filmmaker's quest to heal the wounds of the past, dressed as a superhero...
- Mention festival Best International Feature Documentary · Hot Docs 2023
Expanding on his 2018 Hot Docs Best International Short Documentary award-winner Haunted, filmmaker Christian Einshøj focuses this sensitive self-portrait on the men in his family and the devastating tragedy that led to the distance between them. Using home videos and photographs, and a 1,600-kilometre Arctic Circle road trip, he maps the terra incognita of their loss in the hopes of opening up a dialogue. The Einshøj archive, intended to preserve the milestones and memories of childhood, is repurposed to confront the past, express buried emotions and settle stillborn disputes. It takes courage to go where you’ve never gone before, and this tender and humorous film about male communication and closeness does the work of superheroes to salvage the bonds between brothers, and between father and sons. The Mountains is mediated through a brilliant voiceover and the camera itself, its lens and zoom, its images and editing, and acts as a literal coping mechanism to confess grief and dismantle time.
Angie Driscoll
Programmer, Hot Docs
-
Français
Duration: 1h29Language: Français
Subtitles: Français1h29 -
English
Duration: 1h29Language: English
Subtitles: English1h29
- Année 2023
- Pays Denmark
- Durée 89
- Producteur Made in Copenhagen
- Langue Danish, Norwegian, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court 75,000 photos and 30 years of home videos nourish a filmmaker's quest to heal the wounds of the past, dressed as a superhero...
- Mention festival Best International Feature Documentary · Hot Docs 2023
