Homo SapiensNikolaus Geyrhalter
DOCVILLE-celebrity Nikolaus Geyrhalter brings an ode to humanity, starting from a possible future scenario in which mankind no longer exists. A sizzling movie that makes you deeply aware of the here and now.
Abandoned buildings, dilapidated ruins, towns overgrown by nature, crumbling roads: all these places were built by people, but are now abandoned. They are gradually being returned to nature. With images that are both breathtakingly beautiful and disturbing, “Homo sapiens" is a beautiful movie about the finitude and fragility of human existence. Which traces of our lives will be left when we are no longer around? Is it a source of comfort that the world would persist even long after people are gone?
Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s films are also called film poems. He does not go for a quick information round, but chooses a quiet rhythm and a poetic rather than narrative approach that offers space for reflection. This causes the underlying message to hit even harder. After “Abendland" and "Our Daily Bread" he now aims his camera at forgotten places. Thanks to the distant, recording attitude of the director, the scenes have an almost unearthly, weird, abstract beauty.
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Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
94 min.
No dialogues
No subtitles
Programme
Outside the dox
credits
Director
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Producer
Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer
Production company
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
Cinematography
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Editing
Michael Palm
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(beschikbaar vanaf 20.03)