Brise-glace

A compilation film: three experimental travelogues about the Swedish icebreaker Frej, linked together by rusty ship chains. Jean Rouch documents in classic Vérité Cinema the work of the men on the ship and evokes the mythical beauty of the ice. Titte Törnroth turns to the crew; the men speak of the unfathomable vastness and emptiness of the Arctic Ocean, which demands humility from them, but also madness. And Raúl Ruiz bases his surreal tale of nightmares and catastrophes, in which the ice itself takes the leading role, on William Blake's words about the grain of sand in which the entire world is able to reveal itself. (Maria Marchetta)

All retrospective films that will be shown at the Filmmuseum after the Viennale - from 1.11. - can of course also be reserved as usual at filmmuseum.at or by calling 01/533 70 54 and purchased at the box office of the Austrian Film Museum. The prices of the Austrian Film Museum apply.

Raúl Ruiz: TRES TRISTES TIGRES (1968), EL REALISMO SOCIALISTA (1973), DIALOGUES OF EXILES (1975), BÉRÉNICE (1983), POINT DE FUITE (1984), MÉMOIRE DES APPARENCES (1986), L’OEIL QUI MENT (1992), FADO MAJEUR ET MINEUR (1994), TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT (1996), GÉNÉALOGIES D’UN CRIME (1997), COMÉDIE DE L’INNOCENCE (2000), KLIMT (2006), MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA (2010)