THE SPEAKING TREE
COPACUL VORBITOR
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Documentary Specification
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Biography / Biografie
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THE SPEAKING TREE
COPACUL VORBITOR
THE SPEAKING TREE
Natasha de Betak
India
2007
65 min.
Director: Natasha de Betak
Photography: Emmanuel Bovet & Siddharth Anand Kumar
Editor: Nathalie Hubert & Gordana Othnin-Girard
Production Company: Mihir Upadhyay / Les Films du Tamarain, Monsoon Films India
World Distribution & Sales: DER
Address: Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
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Natasha de Betak
Film studies.
Photographer.
Studii de film.
Fotograf.
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Filmography / Filmografie
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2007 - Speaking Tree
1996 - Kaal
1994 - Le Vaudeville du diable
1992 - Ombilic
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| Synopsis / Sinopsis |
The film presents, in monochrome tones, the unusual destiny of a man named Deva, living in the Kutch region (north-west of India). Mother nature has taken his senses, while he was walking his camels into the desert. As a result, his wife left him and took their child with her, and his relatives tied him to a tree. After more than a decade, mother nature creates an earthquake that destroys the entire region, leaving behind hundreds of thousand of victims. Paradoxically, Deva recovers his mental health after this calamity. Sometimes, nevertheless, madness is the safest refuge in front of the modern world chaos. The director Natasha De Betak (com)passionately followed Deva for five years, this absolutely exceptional character who has to chose now between “normality” and "madness.” Interviews with family members and images capturing the Indian rural life today contribute to this empathetic, profound and visually splendid portrait.
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| Filmul ne prezintă, în tonuri de sepia, destinul neobişnuit al unui bărbat pe nume Deva, trăind în regiunea Kutch (nord-vestul Indiei). Mama natură i-a luat minţile, în timp ce-şi plimba cămilele prin deşert. Ca urmare a acestui eveniment, soţia l-a părăsit, împreună cu copilul, iar rudele sale l-au înlănţuit de un copac. După mai bine de un deceniu, mama natură creează un cutremur care distruge întreaga regiune, lăsând în urmă sute de mii de victime. Paradoxal, Deva îşi recapătă sănătatea mintală după această calamitate. Însă uneori, în faţa haosului lumii moderne, nebunia este cel mai sigur refugiu. Regizoarea Natasha De Betak l-a urmărit timp de cinci ani, plină de (com)pasiune, pe Deva, un personaj absolut remarcabil, care are acum de ales între „normalitate” şi „nebunie”. Interviurile cu membrii familiei sale şi imaginile ce surprind viaţa rurală din India de azi contribuie la acest portret empatic, profund şi splendid vizual. |
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Programming / Programare
Friday 30 - Hall A - 22h30 / Vineri 30 - Sala A - 22h30
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