Ademir Kenovic is a filmmaker in Sarajevo. During the war in Bosnia, he stayed in Sarajevo and filmed its inhabitants.
Hisimageshavebeenbroadcast bytheBBCand Arte.DanielCochewhogreeted himattheStrasbourgFilm Festivalinthe 80's delivers to himavery personal letter,in the form of a film,mixingimagesofthenow defunctYugoslaviaand Strasbourg.An attempttogive meaningtoourbrief.
fiche technique :
duration
34 minutes
script
Daniel Coche & Simone Fluhr
camera
Bénédicte Martin, Daniel Coche, Simone Fluhr
editing
Matthieu Boetsch
sound mixer
Gilles Guigue
music
Matthieu Boetsch
a production
dora films
festivals
Écrans Documentaires de Gentilly, 1999 - Festival Saarlorlux, Saarbrücken 1999
The work of Emile Gallé (1846-1904) is one of the essential references in Art Nouveau. The master of the "Ecole de Nancy" was a glassmaker, a furniture designer, a ceramist, but also a committed humanist and a well-known botanist who has left an important scientific work.
“I see neither forms nor light, nothing, absolutely nothing. But I’m not in the dark, I see nothing“, says Jean-Michel, who is blind from birth, like the other characters in the film.
A documentary about people wearing uniforms or costumes. Who are they with, and who are they without their second skin? The film explores these questions through different characters: a policeman, a priest, a clown, a drag queen...
"Six years ago, my wife announced me that I was going to become a father. I took my camera and I filmed for the next nine months, toward offthefearwithin me."
