Country: Norway
Year: 2005
Duration: 52'
In
one of world's the less populated areas, a handful of men
have lived in
complete solitude for months. This documentary tells the story of 3 of
them.
For many different reasons they live secluded from the rest of the
world and
learn to survive in one of the most uninhabitable regions on Earth,
where time
seems hanging and never pass by.
"We
were looking for people living in condition of extreme loneliness, in
order to
find out what reasons lead them to live in such a total seclusion. We
tried to
listen to their stories and understand their own reasons, their inner
strength,
their pains […]. We wanted to see how sorroundings may
affect the sense of
isolation and if there's a possible kind of emotional
interaction between the
landscape of
Biography
film director
Fernando Zuber
Fernando
Zuber in
2000
he was
awarded a scholarship in Fabrica, where he started developing a series
of documentary for
“Colors” magazine.
Actually lives in
FILMOGRAFIA
Trash (doc., 2000), Choi
Hung Estate (doc.,
2000).Carlos Casas, Ferdinando Zuber: Patagonia.
Loneliness at the End of the World (doc., 2002), Solitudine
alla fine del mondo-Terra del fuoco, Patagonia (doc., 2005).
Carlos Casas
Carlos Casas (Barcelona, Spain, 1974) debuted in 2000 with the short Afterwords, which was selected for Venice and Rotterdam. The next year he began his voyages, which became the basis for the documentaries Patagonia, Rocinha - Daylight of a Favela and Aral - Fishing in an Invisible Sea, which received a prize at the Torino Film Festival in 2004. Hunters Since the Beginning of Time is the final chapter of his trilogy of films dedicated to the world’s most extreme environmental conditions. In 2009 he developed a project in collaboration with Arto Lindsay for the 53rd Venice Biennale.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Carlos Casas:
Afterwords (cm, 2000), Patagonia (cm, doc., tv, 2002), Rocinha - Daylight of a Favela (mm, doc., 2003), Aral - Fishing in an Invisible Sea (mm, doc., 2004), Solitude at the End of the World (mm, doc., 2005), Hunters Since the Beginning of Time (doc., 2008).
Carlos Casas, Phill Niblock:
Avalanche (doc., 2010).