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When Sleep Enfolded Her

Dutch premiere
Available online: 20/03/2024
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Director Grégoire Verbeke
Belgium and Egypt 2023
10 minutes

Synopsis

Almost full moon in an arid mountain landscape. A young woman waters her flowering plants. The riverbed is dried out. She is at one with her silence. When sleep enfold her on the broken earth, she is transposed home.

When Sleep Enfolded Her offers a portrait of young woman looking for tenderness in a vaste environment. A deceptively simple, choreographed dance filmed in the heart of an oasis endangered by drought.

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Almost full moon in an arid mountain landscape. A young woman waters her flowering plants. The riverbed is dried out. She is at one with her silence. When sleep enfold her on the broken earth, she is transposed home.

When Sleep Enfolded Her offers a portrait of young woman looking for tenderness in a vaste environment. A deceptively simple, choreographed dance filmed in the heart of an oasis endangered by drought.

Full credits

Director
Grégoire Verbeke
Production countries
Belgium and Egypt
Production year
2023
Duration
10 minutes
Producer
Grégoire Verbeke

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