Recorded in the first dictionary of the Egyptian language is the hieroglyph of the giraffe: sr. In this documentary the animal emerges as a recurring motif, appearing sometimes directly, sometimes on the margins, across 16 fragmentary episodes that depict a panorama of human activity. The film’s 91 narrative tableaus lead to sites, such as the banks of the Nile, a ceramic factory near Beijing, an island in the Western Pacific, a storage space of Anthropology, a reading room in New York, the Sahara desert and a runway in central Niger. Intertwining themes gradually evolve between past and present times, and includes the trajectories of exoticism, cultural artifacts, colonial relics, relations of power and the relativity of knowledge.
Presented at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Título original: sr
Ano: 2024
Classificação: 14
Duração: 103 min.
Gênero: Documentary
País: Germany
Tags: Germany, documentary, international film festivals, politics, social portray, day by day, female directors, animals
Cor: cor
Direção: Lea Hartlaub
Roteiro: Lea Hartlaub
Fotografia: Lea Hartlaub
Montagem: Lea Hartlaub
Produtor: Meike Martens
Produção: Blinker Filmproduktion
World Sales: Pascale Ramonda
E-mail: [email protected]
Edições: 48