MUSIK / MUSIC

Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail. From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.

ANGELA ŠANELEK / ANGELA SCHANELEC

Born in 1962, writer-director Angela Schanelec first worked as a theater actress before she began making films. She studied at the Berlin Film and Television Academy and comprised the so-called a new Germany film wave of the Berlin School. Her films My Sister’s Good Fortune (1995), Places in Cities (1998), Marseille (2004), Orly (2010), The Dreamed Path (2016), and I was at home, but… (2019), premiered at Berlinale, Cannes and Locarno and have won numerous awards, among them the Silver Bear for Best Director for I was at home, but… (2019) at the Berlinale.

 

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Elegant if highly enigmatic modern myth (...) beautifully composed long shots; an elliptical narrative that jumps ahead in time without warning; quietly contained performances; and a surgically precise use of sound and music.

Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporte