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Followed by a discussion with Shambhavi Kaul (in English)
SLOW SHIFT (Shambhavi KauI, India/USA 2023) shows a World Heritage Site in Hampi, India, which is now given over to langur monkeys and crumbling rocks: against the backdrop of man-made ruins, animals and rocks seemingly claim the area for themselves.
Michelangelo Frammatino's celebrated, fascinating film LE QUATTRO VOLTE (Michelangelo Frammatino, Italy/Germany/Switzerland 2010), which defies categorization, unfolds in four seamlessly interconnected parts, to which the four "twists" in the title allude. The first part focuses on the human world and tells the story of an ageing goatherd. The subsequent three parts each focus on different non-human entities: a goat (the animal), a fir tree (the plant) and the charcoal made from its wood (the mineral). LE QUATTRO VOLTE is a meticulously constructed fiction whose long takes and almost complete lack of words give the impression of being an observational documentary. This work marks the beginning of a newly awakened interest in the non-human on the big screen.
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