Programme
Mariner of the Mountains
Marinheiro das Montanhas
2021 Brazil, France, Germany 98 min N-13
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In January 2019 filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (The Invisible Life, “Kino Pavasaris”) decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean and embark on his first journey to Algeria. Accompanied by the memory of his mother, Iracema, and his camera, Aïnouz gives us a detailed account of the journey to his father's homeland. We follow him as he crosses the sea, arrives to the Atlas Mountains in Kabylia, and returns. Present, past and future poetically interweaves in the film.
"The cinema of Aïnouz is not only poetry – it’s a journey and relief for rushing, thought-stricken heads. I urge you to indulge into the hands of this fantastic guide. Although this guide himself travels to lands the first time, he has a blood-coded intuition to look exactly where the cultural accents of the place and the history of the 20th century come to the fore.” (Aistė Račaitytė)
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, Official Competition, 2021
"The cinema of Aïnouz is not only poetry – it’s a journey and relief for rushing, thought-stricken heads. I urge you to indulge into the hands of this fantastic guide. Although this guide himself travels to lands the first time, he has a blood-coded intuition to look exactly where the cultural accents of the place and the history of the 20th century come to the fore.” (Aistė Račaitytė)
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, Official Competition, 2021
Director's biography
Karim Aïnouz (b. 1966, Brasil) is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and visual artist. He debuted as director with Madame Satã (2002) in Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. His other works include Love for Sale (2006) and I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009) presented in Venice Horizons, Futuro Beach (2014) and Nardjes A. (2020) presented in Berlinale and Invisible Life (2019, “Kino Pavasaris”) which won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
Director(s) - Karim Aïnouz
Screenwriter(s) - Karim Aïnouz, Murilo Hauser
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Producer(s) - Christopher Zitterbart
Cinematographer - Juan Sarmiento
Editor(s) - Ricardo Saraiva
Sound -
Composer(s) - Benedikt Schiefer
Sales agent - The Match Factory
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Production company -
Translation - Aušrinė Benedikt
Dialogues - Portuguese, Arabic, Tamazight, French
Subtitles - Lithuanian, English
Director's biography
Karim Aïnouz (b. 1966, Brasil) is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and visual artist. He debuted as director with Madame Satã (2002) in Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. His other works include Love for Sale (2006) and I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009) presented in Venice Horizons, Futuro Beach (2014) and Nardjes A. (2020) presented in Berlinale and Invisible Life (2019, “Kino Pavasaris”) which won the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
