Distant constellation
This haunting, gorgeous documentary drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera's attention. A creaky-voiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded pianist performs a composition before confessing his love. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. Shevaun Mizrahi's playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents' limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, [2018]
- Copyright ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Made with the support of Yeni Film Fonu, IFP [Independent Film Project], T/F [True/False Film Festival], Catapult Film Fund." Originally produced as a motion picture in 2017. GMD: videodisc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Editors, Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim. |
System Details Note: | DVD; NTSC, all regions. |
Language Note: | Turkish with English subtitles. |
Awards Note: | Nominee, Truer Than Fiction Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards; Winner, Best cinematography, IDA Awards; Winner, Special Mention, Locarno International Film Festival. |