ABC Africa (2001)

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Abbas Kiarostami

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Abbas Kiarostami
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Over the course of a 10-day visit to Uganda, director Abbas Kiarostami captures the faces of a thousand orphans. Although this documentary about the ravages of AIDS and civil war in the African nation may seem a bit radical, one of the most remarkable things about the film is the way Iran's most celebrated auteur makes such weighty material his own, forging a work that plays like a visual poem and is a testament to Africa's unquenchable spirit.

Release date: 24 October 2001
UPC: 717119829544

Tags: Documentary (1), Slow (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Sort (1), SnP (1), Cross-Cultural (1)

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" 29.8. 2000-LUKU - MINUN VALINTANI Abbas Kiarostamin dokumentissa ohjaaja kiertää taidepossensa kanssa ympäri Ugandaa kuvaten AIDS-lapsia. ABC Africa pyrkii näyttämään tilanteen vakavuuden ja inhimillistämään ilman omaa syytään heikkoon asemaan joutuneita. Kuvat kaduilla juoksevista AIDS-orvoista ja klinikoilla makaavista tautia itse sairastavista ovatkin melko tehokkaita. Itse elokuva ei siltikään onnistu vakuuttamaan millään tavalla. 2000-luvun alun halvalla digikameralla ku"