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Logline
sr draws a panorama of human activity spanning centuries and continents. In 16 fragmentary episodes the film reports of political and societal conditions, of theoretical discourses, human creations and realities of everyday life.
Synopsis
Recorded in the first dictionary of the Egyptian language is the hieroglyph of the giraffe: sr. In Lea Hartlaub's film sr the animal emerges as a recurring motif, appearing sometimes directly, sometimes on the margins, across 16 fragmentary episodes that depict a panorama of human activity.
The film’s 91 narrative tableaus lead to 30 sites of action, such as the banks of the Nile, a ceramic factory near Bejing, an island in the Western Pacific, a storage space of Anthropology, a reading room in New York, the Sahara desert and a runway in central Niger. Long shots permit viewers the time necessary to observe carefully. Intertwining themes gradually evolve between past and present times. These include the trajectories of exoticism, cultural artifacts, colonial relics, relations of power and the relativity of knowledge. But rather than take up a didactic position, sr is a film of implied meanings, of images and stories that invite independent contemplation.
Facts
Duration 103 minutes
Format DCP, DCI 2k full frame, 1.90∶1, colour
Sound 5.1 surround, stereo
Language OV German, OV English – out soon
Spoken languages German, Swahili, English, Hebrew, Chinese, Farsi, Tamasheq
Country of production Germany
Year of production 2024
Production Company Blinker Filmproduktion
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Logline
sr draws a panorama of human activity spanning centuries and continents. In 16 fragmentary episodes the film reports of political and societal conditions, of theoretical discourses, human creations and realities of everyday life.
Synopsis
Recorded in the first dictionary of the Egyptian language is the hieroglyph of the giraffe: sr. In Lea Hartlaub's film sr the animal emerges as a recurring motif, appearing sometimes directly, sometimes on the margins, across 16 fragmentary episodes that depict a panorama of human activity.
The film’s 91 narrative tableaus lead to 30 sites of action, such as the banks of the Nile, a ceramic factory near Bejing, an island in the Western Pacific, a storage space of Anthropology, a reading room in New York, the Sahara desert and a runway in central Niger. Long shots permit viewers the time necessary to observe carefully. Intertwining themes gradually evolve between past and present times. These include the trajectories of exoticism, cultural artifacts, colonial relics, relations of power and the relativity of knowledge. But rather than take up a didactic position, sr is a film of implied meanings, of images and stories that invite independent contemplation.
Facts
Duration 103 minutes
Format DCP, DCI 2k full frame, 1.90∶1, colour
Sound 5.1 surround, stereo
Language OV German, OV English – out soon
Spoken languages German, Swahili, English, Hebrew, Chinese, Farsi, Tamasheq
Country of production Germany
Year of production 2024
Production Company Blinker Filmproduktion
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