Imaginary Geography

  • Géographie Imaginaire
Genre : Experimental
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2005
Format : Short
Running time : 15 (in minutes)

The story is based on observations I made during the preparations and the traditional rituals for my cousin's wedding in Tunisia. The visited place is a surface where to project images of a desire for an "unchanged culture". This is how it represents an invented or imaginary geography. A film like an odd dream of a warm day spread to infinity, where it is only through gestures, facial expressions and especially through sounds that you can sense what is happening. When you don't speak a language, everything turns into music…

Germany/Tunisia - 2005 - 15 min

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