Architecton
Synopsis
From filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda, Aquarela) comes an epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction — and offer hope for survival and a way forward.
Centering on a landscape project by the Italian architect Michele de Lucci, Kossakovsky uses the circle to reflect on the rise and fall of civilizations, capturing breathtaking imagery from the temple ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, dating back to AD 60, to the recent destruction of cities in Turkey following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early 2023.
Rocks and stone connect the disparate societies, from ghostly monoliths stuck in the earth to tragic heaps of concrete rubble waiting to be hauled off and repurposed anew. Through Kossakovsky’s inquisitive lens, the grandeur and folly of humanity and its precarious relationship with nature posits the urgent question: How do we build, and how can we build better, before it’s too late?
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Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Les Films du Balibari, Point du Jour International
- Foreign production company : ma.ja.de Filmproduktion
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Match Factory
- French distribution : Dean Medias
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Victor Kossakovsky
- Director of Photography : Ben Bernhard
- Music Composer : Evgueni Galperine
- Editors : Victor Kossakovsky, Ainara Vera
- Sound Recordist : Alexander Dudarev
- Foreign Producer : Heino Deckert
- Co-producers : Clara Vuillermoz, Estelle Robin-You
- Press Attaché (film) : Florence Alexandre
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Themes : Architecture
- Production language : Italian, English
- Coproducer countries : Germany (80.0%), France (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, France)
- Production year : 2022
- French release : 27/11/2024
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 156.731
- Visa issue date : 21/10/2024
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.1
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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