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La Plante humaine
Description
This meditative film combines animation and live action as it follows a day in the life of a retired librarian. The Gulf War is raging, but Michel's life proceeds at its own pace. Widowed and alone, he fills his day with the simplest of tasks: feeding and walking his dog, shopping, laying flowers at his wife's grave. Yet these simple gestures belie the internal workings of his mind. Michel's life teems with information and images. There is a book on Leonardo da Vinci and another of fables and legends as well as the omnipresent television with its news reports, documentaries and cooking shows. How does one make sense of it all? How does Michel? In French, with English subtitles.
1997, 78 min 09 s
Awards
Jury Special Award
International Environmental Film Festival
June 1 1997, Bodrum - Turkey
AQCC-SODEC Award - Category: Best Feature Film - with a cash prize of 5,000$
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma
February 27 to March 8 1997, Montréal - Canada
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