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May 23, 2022 · Mariner of the Mountains: Directed by Karim Aïnouz. A travel diary filmed on director Karim Aïnouz's first trip to Algeria, the country where his father was born, mixing travel records, home footage, family photographs, historical archives and super-8 footage.
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- Documentary, Romance
- Karim Aïnouz
- 2022-05-23
Nov 14, 2021 · The 68th Sydney Film Festival: 03-14 November 2021 Directed by Karim Aïnouz Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz (The Invisible Life of Euridíce Gusmão, SFF 2019) traces his Algerian family’s ...
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- Sydney Film Festival
- A Journey to Unexpected Place
- The Stories We Tell Ourselves
- Conclusion
In it, he centers on his mother Iracema, the key figure of inspiration for his trip to his home village of Tagmut Azuz in the Atlas Mountains in the region of Kabyle, which is about two hours from Algiers, the port he lands in. Iracema is not Algerian, she is Brazilian and that’s where she raised director Karim Aïnouz on her own while his father Ma...
The idea of truth and conjecture is a big theme in Mariner of the Mountains. As much as it is documentation and a recounting of family history, it’s also a guessing game and a tall tale. Aïnouz speculates in poetic fashion, the idealistic romances of his parents. The love letters they wrote to each other and the time they spent together in various ...
Mariner of the Mountains is the sort of movie that not only surprises with its own originality but in turn inspires more original filmmaking. Aïnouz’s travelogue and montage approach is in its conception simple but is made so much more insightful through its visionary technical and formalist choices. Characters are always noticing the camera and th...
Jul 28, 2021 · A true voyage of discovery, Mariner Of The Mountains ultimately beguiles with its deft blend of personal and political and because of the beauty of the images that Ainouz finds along the...
Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz 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...
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- Documentary, Drama
- Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz, the Brazilian director, by using his personal background, invites the audience to follow/discover an incredible journey through space and time, with an original and usually unknown prism/aspec. IMDb 7.2 1 h 38 min 2022. 13+.
A poignant exploration of displacement and identity, Mariner of the Mountains shimmers with feelings of loss and longing. Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean and embark on his first journey to Algeria.
