译名:A Polar Year

片名: Une année polaire

年代: 2018

语言: 因纽特语 / 丹麦语

上映日期: 2018-01-21(圣丹斯电影节)

片长: 95分钟

导演: 塞缪尔·科拉尔戴 Samuel Collardey

编辑: 塞缪尔·科拉尔戴 Samuel Collardey

简介:

Director                     Samuel Collardey                     Screenwriter                     Samuel Collardey                                          Catherine Paillé                     Producer                     Grégoire Debailly                     Principal Cast                     Anders Hvidegaard                                          Asser Boassen                                          Julius B. Nielsen                                          Tobias Ignatiussen                                          Thomasine Jonathansen                                          Gert Jonathansen                     SECTION World Doc                     COUNTRY France                     RUN TIME 95 min                     LANGUAGE Danish/Inuit                     SUBTITLES Yes with English subtitles                     COMPANY KINOLOGY                     EMAIL                        PHONE +33 687510396                     Although he’s warned to expect boredom and bitter cold, Anders, a young Danish primary school teacher, accepts a post in Tiniteqiilaq, a remote village of 80 inhabitants in Greenland. Arriving with certain preconceptions—the “Danish look” as one villager calls it—Anders contends with cultural differences and an unruly classroom, to say nothing of the snow. Wondering what it takes to be accepted in this “hellhole,” he’s advised to try learning the language and local ways—hunting, sledding, fishing. How hard can it be, he figures, to ride a sled?                     French filmmaker Samuel Collardey often explores the blurry terrain between fiction and documentary. Meticulously constructed, A Polar Year blends purely documentary sequences with scripted moments involving the villagers. But these distinctions become academic as you give yourself over to cinema that’s thoroughly absorbing and visually breathtaking. Collardey spent months in the village before learning of Anders’s assignment and starting to film. His “reverse assimilation” story reflects delightfully on Eurocentrism as well as on Tiniteqiilaq’s indigenous people, changing seasons, and rhythms of life and death.