A new Méliès discovery, presented for the first time in Pordenone. The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his renown. He sows some seeds upon a carpet, prostrates himself, and in the course of his invocations, in less than an instant, the grains germinate. A small rosebush grows and produces beautiful roses. Aided by his servant, the Brahmin makes of them a magnificent bouquet, which is changed into a single enormous rose. The flower spreads out its petals and from its centre there darts forth a lovely young woman, whom the Brahmin strives to embrace. But she eludes him and dances a fascinating serpentine dance. She disappears, and the rosebush takes her place. Iftikar destroys the rosebush, and he confesses himself vanquished, for he has been able to create, but not to preserve.

A new Méliès discovery, presented for the first time in Pordenone. The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his renown. He sows some seeds upon a carpet, prostrates himself, and in the course of his invocations, in less than an instant, the grains germinate. A small rosebush grows and produces beautiful roses. Aided by his servant, the Brahmin makes of them a magnificent bouquet, which is changed into a single enormous rose. The flower spreads out its petals and from its centre there darts forth a lovely young woman, whom the Brahmin strives to embrace. But she eludes him and dances a fascinating serpentine dance. She disappears, and the rosebush takes her place. Iftikar destroys the rosebush, and he confesses himself vanquished, for he has been able to create, but not to preserve.

Avec les habitants de Pessac. 　　Reportage sur une tradition en voie d'extinction : l'élection d'une rosière dans un petit village de Gironde au début du mois de juin 1968, qui distingue une jeune fille méritante et vertueuse.

Tourné au même endroit, dix ans plus tard. 　　« Je voudrais que les deux films soient montrés ensemble : d'abord celui de 79, ensuite celui de 68. Une façon de dire aux gens : si vous avez envie de savoir comment ça se passait avant, restez, vous allez voir. » (Jean Eustach）

Avec les habitants de Pessac. 　　Reportage sur une tradition en voie d'extinction : l'élection d'une rosière dans un petit village de Gironde au début du mois de juin 1968, qui distingue une jeune fille méritante et vertueuse.

Tourné au même endroit, dix ans plus tard. 　　« Je voudrais que les deux films soient montrés ensemble : d'abord celui de 79, ensuite celui de 68. Une façon de dire aux gens : si vous avez envie de savoir comment ça se passait avant, restez, vous allez voir. » (Jean Eustach）

一百多年前，长野县某个小村庄生活着一户充满幸福的人家。邮递员田村谦次郎（平岳大 饰）与美津（铃木京香 饰）结为夫妇，婚后七个男孩接连降生。冰天雪地里，爸爸带着孩子们玩起了战争游戏，殊不知男孩们的命运从这一刻即已注定。从谦次郎不幸去世开始，阴云便笼罩在田村家的上空。日本的军队向大陆进发，一郎（细山田隆人 饰）、二郎（三浦贵大 饰）等田村家的孩子们相继走上战场。从最初的振奋鼓舞，到后来的悲怆无助，美津只能眼睁睁看着孩子们走上不归之途，却无力改变一切。战争吞噬着一切，所有的幸福都一触即碎…… 　　本片根据儿童文学作家大川悦生于1969年发表的同名小说改编。该作品曾被日本小学收入教科书中。

A meditation-film in 30-second sequences about the artist’s father that links geographies, times, the living, and the dead with a metal sword—the montage. A film shot alongside Bruce Baillie. 　　源自：https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202312625.html

哈亚蒂是一位小镇文学教师，也是一位一炮走红的奇才作家，他无助地试图留住自己的过去：他破碎的婚姻、生病的老母亲、一棵腐烂的胡桃树和对父亲的记忆。他没有继续自己的生活并控制自己，而是被动地接受它的打击，只对挖掘过去感兴趣，直到他的发现迫使他正视自己的弱点，并回答这样一个问题：在目睹罪恶的发生时无动于衷是否和做坏事一样是一种罪恶？