The Empty Sphere
This experimental documentary portrays a space object and its fall into the darkness of a space cemetery. A woman scientist reveals her attachment to this object and the absence of images documenting this mysterious place. As a reverse sci-fi journey, this essay mixes reality and fiction to guide us, like a stalker, to the outskirts of an invisible place.
| Director | Stéphanie Roland |
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The "largest empty circle" rule was used to determine Point Nemo - the furthest place on Earth from any human, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is there, for example, that one day in January 2031, the International Space Station will plunge, joining a few hundred other spacecraft already rusting in the abyss.
The Empty Circle is a kind of melancholic essay. Much like the engineer who designs satellites, we grow attached to them: "It's a bit like our eyes, our brains that go into space," she says. But it is their fate. They will fly away and then dive, their “lives” coming to an end in the ocean. The film almost makes us experience the life of a satellite. Until the final crash. In the meantime, there are shots of the Earth seen from above, filled with small indistinct voices. As if what was soon to fall at Nemo Point was also all our little secrets, which the satellites contain.
Jérémie Jorrand
Head of Programming and Editorial Content at Tënk, France
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French
19 mn
Language: Français -
English
19 mn
Language: English
Subtitles: English
- Année 2022
- Pays France
- Durée 19
- Producteur Le Fresnoy
- Langue French, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court As a reverse sci-fi journey, this essay mixes reality and fiction to guide us, like a stalker, to the outskirts of an invisible place.
- Programmateur Jérémie Jorrand|Head of Programming and Editorial Content at Tënk, France ;
48°52'31'' S 123°23'33'' W
The "largest empty circle" rule was used to determine Point Nemo - the furthest place on Earth from any human, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is there, for example, that one day in January 2031, the International Space Station will plunge, joining a few hundred other spacecraft already rusting in the abyss.
The Empty Circle is a kind of melancholic essay. Much like the engineer who designs satellites, we grow attached to them: "It's a bit like our eyes, our brains that go into space," she says. But it is their fate. They will fly away and then dive, their “lives” coming to an end in the ocean. The film almost makes us experience the life of a satellite. Until the final crash. In the meantime, there are shots of the Earth seen from above, filled with small indistinct voices. As if what was soon to fall at Nemo Point was also all our little secrets, which the satellites contain.
Jérémie Jorrand
Head of Programming and Editorial Content at Tënk, France
-
French
Duration: 19 minutesLanguage: Français19 mn -
English
Duration: 19 minutesLanguage: English
Subtitles: English19 mn
- Année 2022
- Pays France
- Durée 19
- Producteur Le Fresnoy
- Langue French, English
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court As a reverse sci-fi journey, this essay mixes reality and fiction to guide us, like a stalker, to the outskirts of an invisible place.
- Programmateur Jérémie Jorrand|Head of Programming and Editorial Content at Tënk, France ;
