SYNOPSIS:
A watchmaker from Soweto finds an old shoe box
and uses it as an improvised camera. Through the camera
he discovers images of the past; where 35 years previously
the film “Aoom” was shot. This jump in time creates some
very unusual links with the characters of that film.
The
actors are influenced by the countryside and film up hill
and down dale ; Luis Ciges, to whom the was dedicated,
Bill dykes, a less than bright detective, Lex Barker, an actor
with career problems, Gilda Hodgkinson, a mad witch,
amongst others. Shoebox at the ready, the man from Soweto
travels over beaches, rocks and cliffs, finding the disturbing
statue of an African witchdoctor, the sculptures of the Cave
at Cardín, the Cubes of Memory and the Idol at Peña Tú. He
feels in the rise and fall of the sea and the reflections of the
bubbling water, the presence of the tranquil genius and his
indecipherable message.
Manuel Medina and Pepín el Nuestru, with a brief
prelude by Aitan Sánchez Gijón and Ayanta Barilli, are the
characters of a story in which the camera of Javier Blanco,
the editing of Celia Cervero and the music of Carles Cases
bring to life the poetic character of The Quiet Genius as well
as that of the eastern part of Asturias.
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