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Hollow Land = Terre d'écueil / Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l'Arlequin, National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Arte France present ; written, directed and animated by Michelle & Uri Kranot ; producers, Marie Bro, Dora Benousilio, Marc Bertrand.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Utopian plays.
- Home--Drama.
- Home.
- Resilience (Personality trait)--Drama.
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Political persecution--Drama.
- Political persecution.
- Genre:
- Animated films.
- Short films.
- Silent films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (14 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Terre d'écueil
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English and French intertitles with musical acc.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Hollow Land is a story about the eternal human search for a place to call home, a film that begins, as all such searches must, with the dream of utopia. Solomon and Berta are two seekers who arrive-their treasured bathtub improbably in tow-in a seemingly sun-washed land that promises respite from their many journeys. Whether it's reusing a tea bag or fiddling with pipes until they finally work, Solomon tries to make the best of whatever comes his way. Berta is not so optimistic, nor willing to give up on her dreams. Filmmakers Uri and Michelle Kranot depict the couple through two-dimensional clay puppets that move within a rich environment created largely from cut-outs. Just as the characters in Hollow Land bear the marks of their travels, so too do the puppets bear the physical imprints of their creators-a refreshing, immediate symbol of the power of human creativity and resilience.
- Credits:
- Original music, Uri Kranot.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Dansk Tegnefilm/Les Films de l'Arlequin/National Film Board of Canada, ©2013.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-holand Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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