THE LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY
by Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
synopsis
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situations and places pitch camp in the life of a humanity that is at once the viewer and the thing viewed. But what are the last days of this humanity? Have they already passed? Are they now or still to come? As they wait the astronauts of the Atalante, in their promethean dreams, meet their own image in a bubble of water. Along the passages of steamers in the open sea, a caress, a sign of affection. In the mirror, camera in hand, he checks himself, always uncertainly certain, his own capture inside that short, too short, unit of time. But what we have learnt is that nothing lasts. Everything that they touch turns into time, into action, expectation and hope, Demeter reminds bustling humanity. Fragment of fragments. To make a gesture that eludes melancholy and games in a downright impossible movement. Kraus’s theater on Mars has not yet opened, we were busy anarchiving. And this drama can have no other viewer but humanity.
international title: | The Last Days of Humanity |
original title: | Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità |
country: | Italy |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo |
film run: | 200' |
screenplay: | Alessandro Gagliardo |
film editing: | Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo |
music: | IOSONOUNCANE |
producer: | Gabriele Monaco |
production: | Matango, Minerva Pictures Group, RAI Cinema, Cinedora, Parallelo 41 Produzioni [IT] |
backing: | Istituto Luce Cinecittà |
Photogallery 07/09/2022: Venice 2022 - The Last Days of Humanity
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