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The Theatre of Disappearance (2017) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 11, 2017

Original Title:
El teatro de la desaparición

Production Countries:
Argentina | South Korea

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 120

Overview from TheMovieDB

The first part is like a postcard from a realm almost too surreal to be true, a study of daily life in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea flecked with such unusual details that not all of them can be real. The second part manipulates time, a wordless portrait of clay vessels being produced in Morocco that slows down and speeds up without warning, imbuing unspectacular actions with detachment and wonder. The third part distorts space, a hand camera tour that moves through apparently connected locations as if carrying out a single movement, although these industrial facilities, cityscapes, meadows and exhibition spaces are not side by side but scattered across the globe.

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Director:
Adrián Villar Rojas

Writer:
Adrián Villar Rojas

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