DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
Frank’s poetic diary (with voiceover narration) recording the construction of a new foundation for his house in a remote area of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; it silently describes the need to keep working in the face of nature and time.
Biografía del director
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (b. 1924, Zurich) is one of the most well-known and acclaimed photographers in the world. Yet he was also a filmmaker, a fact that comparatively few remember or are even aware of. From 1959 onwards, he put his work as a photographer on hold to focus on cinema, going on to complete more than 25 films over a 50-year career until his death in September 2019. Many of these are regarded as seminal works within the international independent and documentary scene.
Photo credit: Dodo Jin Ming
Finished
Sessions
December
Friday 18
18:00 h
Filmoteca Española. Cine Doré.
Credits
Language
English - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Robert Frank
Production
Laura Israel