Shorts
Holy Days
Narimane Mari
Algeria (El Djazaïr), F 2019
40 min
V'19
Narimane Mari makes films that can better be described via dreams than via words. Every scene is a small sensation that passes through us, with each new image reminding us of something we forgot from the previous shot. A beautiful observation of birds picking food from naked human feet is followed by one of birds’ feet trying to touch a flower. We see a man digging his own grave. Like the synsacrum of a bird, there is an unknown quality to Mari’s recent work that employs the strategies of silent cinema, linked to balancing a specific moment in time. Maybe we learn to fly, maybe we accept falling. (Patrick Holzapfel)
With L’ULTIMU SOGNU
Credits
- Michel Haas
- Saadi Ikhlefhoum
- Bilio Kaliakatsou
- Yoda
- Narimane Mari
- Narimane Mari
- Antoine Morin
- Narimane Mari
Centrale électrique, Allers Retours Films
Narimane Mari
DCP
Farbe
