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Human Flowers of Flesh
16mm I 5.1 Surround1:1,66 I colour I 106’ I 2023 "Fluidity is the theme of Helena Wittmann's latest film. The flow of thoughts, mobility, and migration, the free, meandering current of the film, the interconnected network of vessels that our environment forms, and above all, the illusion of borders and the necessity of their defense. A Mediterranean cruise, guided by a woman, takes us from Marseille to Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria, the early headquarters of the French Foreign Legion. Against this symbol of colonial violence and subjugation of lands, seas, and nations, the director juxtaposes her own "army" of poets, nomads, and connoisseurs led by a woman. Her crew does not confine itself within fortresses, nor does it desire conquest, but moves fluidly between water and land, silence and conversation, history and the present, navigating through various territorial waters—paying homage to the ever-changing world, a world without borders." (Małgorzata Sadowska)
CAST Angeliki Papoulia I Vladimir Vulevic I Gustavo Jahn I Ferhat Mouhali I Mauro Soares I Denis Lavant I Steffen Danek I Ingo Martens I Nina Villanova SCRIPT I DIRECTING I CINEMATOGRAPHY I EDITING Helena Wittmann SOUNDDESIGN I COMPOSITION Nika Son ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Luise Donschen PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGN Anna Ostby CAMERA ASSISTANTS Tim Liebe I Gustavo Jahn UNDERWATER IMAGES Kevin Sempe MICROSCOPIC IMAGES Vilius Machiulskis COLOR GRADING I MASTERING Tim Liebe TITLE DESIGN Hanzer Liccini CASTING MARSEILLE I PRODUCTION MANAGER Julie Aguttes PRODUCTION Frank Scheuffele I Julia Cöllen I Karsten Krause (Fuenferfilm) COPRODUCTION Christophe Bouffil I Fred Premel I Julie Aguttes (Tita Productions)