One of the pioneers of Belgian cinema, Émile Degelin, based this short film, which could be qualified as ‘filmed music’, on the electroacoustic composition for voice and tape Omaggio a Joyce, by Luciano Berio, which is an interpretation of the poem Sirens, from Ulysses. The dreamlike atmosphere of the film won its director the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 11th Berlinale.

One of the pioneers of Belgian cinema, Émile Degelin, based this short film, which could be qualified as ‘filmed music’, on the electroacoustic composition for voice and tape Omaggio a Joyce, by Luciano Berio, which is an interpretation of the poem Sirens, from Ulysses. The dreamlike atmosphere of the film won its director the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 11th Berlinale.

The story follows the Castaño Gil family, a prosperous cattle ranching family marked by the kidnapping and murder of patriarch José Castaño by the guerrilla. This event triggers the decision of brothers Fidel, Vicente, and Carlos to form a self-defense army to fight the guerrillas, intensifying the armed conflict in Colombia. However, what seemed like a unified struggle is threatened by betrayal.

The story follows the Castaño Gil family, a prosperous cattle ranching family marked by the kidnapping and murder of patriarch José Castaño by the guerrilla. This event triggers the decision of brothers Fidel, Vicente, and Carlos to form a self-defense army to fight the guerrillas, intensifying the armed conflict in Colombia. However, what seemed like a unified struggle is threatened by betrayal.

“He came to read. He opened two or three books; by historians and poets. But he read for barely ten minutes, and then gave up.” C. Cavafy 　　源自：https://www.cinemadureel.org/en/films/souvenir-dathenes-2/

What to do if the biological clock is ticking louder and far and wide, there is no suitable partner in sight? Karla is thirty-nine, the radio host of a nightly music show and once again single. She longs to have a child and to finally start a real family, but finding a suitable partner under time pressure is not so easy. So she decides to fulfill her desire for children on her own. And suddenly everyone has an opinion: her divorced parents, her siblings, her friends, even her neighbors, even though all of them are entangled in their own complicated life situations. Only her best friend Senay supports her with help and advice and the right questions. And then fate intervenes when Karla meets the “much too young” Ole, who doesn’t quite fit into her future plans and turns everything upside down.

What to do if the biological clock is ticking louder and far and wide, there is no suitable partner in sight? Karla is thirty-nine, the radio host of a nightly music show and once again single. She longs to have a child and to finally start a real family, but finding a suitable partner under time pressure is not so easy. So she decides to fulfill her desire for children on her own. And suddenly everyone has an opinion: her divorced parents, her siblings, her friends, even her neighbors, even though all of them are entangled in their own complicated life situations. Only her best friend Senay supports her with help and advice and the right questions. And then fate intervenes when Karla meets the “much too young” Ole, who doesn’t quite fit into her future plans and turns everything upside down.

A veritable feast for the senses, this music-infused marvel by Italian animator and filmmaker Gianluigi Toccafondo offers a deep dive into a watery world where the plight of a sea matriarch brings forth a transformation and a magnificent creature odyssey.

A veritable feast for the senses, this music-infused marvel by Italian animator and filmmaker Gianluigi Toccafondo offers a deep dive into a watery world where the plight of a sea matriarch brings forth a transformation and a magnificent creature odyssey.

This film was made up with formerly sensored scenes from earlier films from 1961 to 1974, plus unedited hard rushes from Benazeraf's just-about-to-be-released new film of the time, La Planque (1975).