This hybrid essay film about the magic and power of water takes the audience from the aridity of the Brazilian steppe to the dykes of flood-prone Dithmarschen.
Synopsis
Water is fundamental to life – and it is a force of nature that determines the life of the planet and yet seems ungovernable by humans. The lack of it, as well as its abundance, shapes not only landscapes but living conditions as well. The stories in this film are quasi in contrast and in flux. Images from the Sertão of Brazil show a sun-bleached desert landscape, where water is a rare commodity, while the German news, as if from a parallel universe, announces flooding in Dithmarschen. The houses on the lush green dykes have to be evacuated, but not everyone wants to leave. Time and again, the film returns to Theodor Storm's "The Rider on the White Horse". Thus does water become a physical and metaphysical metaphor – against the background of human existence, and the dramas and everyday observations in times of climate change.
Director: Philipp Hartmann, Danilo Carvalho Writer: Philipp Hartmann, Danilo Carvalho Camera: Helena Wittmann Cast: Johannes Kirschbaum, Fernando Pimentel, Inga Richter, Larissa de Melo, Janayra Alves, Lorena Ahadzi, Jochen Picht, Angela Anzi, Astrid Adverbe, Idson Ricart, Leleda Sousa, Josafá Ferreira Duarte, Roger Ribeiro, Bernd Schoch
Production: Philipp Hartmann, Danilo Carvalho, Julia Alves, Ticiana Lima, flumenfilm, Sancho&Punta, Tardo Filmes
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