Fata Morgana

Synopsis

Following Bellavista and Totó, Peter Schreiner completes his informal trilogy of epic, black-and-white digital-video essay-films with the utterly monumental Fata Morgana. Shot in the Libyan desert and in an abandoned building in Lausitz, Germany, it features a man (Christian Schmidt), a woman (Giuliana Pachner, from Bellavista) - and, glimpsed now and again, a guide (Awad Elkish.) They talk, they fall silent. Winds blow. The sun shines. The camera runs. What gradually takes shape is nothing less than a painstakingly concentrated attempt to understand the human condition through the lens of cinema. A lofty ambition, and one that demands a considerable leap of faith on the part of the audience: this film is sedate, "difficult", challenging, often apparently impenetrable. But anyone who has seen Schreiner's previous films will be aware that he is by any standards a major artist, one that can be trusted to find places that other directors may not even suspect exist.

Main Cast

Giuliana Pachner

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Christian Schmidt

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Awad Elkish

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Peter Schreiner
Crew	Sound Recordist	Leo Schreiner
	Cinematography	Peter Schreiner
Sound	Music	Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
	Sound Recordist	Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer
Writing	Idea	Peter Schreiner
Editing	Editor	Peter Schreiner
Department	Role	Name

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