Film
The Despair of the Monkeys
2022 · 17m · Documentary
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Overview
The first films of Patagonia - where I grew up - show a territory that no longer exists, as the araucarias, millenary trees from the Patagonian forests, were in part replaced by more productive pines. Near my new home, in Belgium, I find araucarias that adorn front gardens. We hear some girls playing in the car, pointing out araucarias on the road. How did these plants become a petty-bourgeois fashion in northern Europe? I confront these archives with contemporary technoscientific images, used by a lab to explore plant modifications. What can these modes of representation tell us about our time?
Crew
- Julián García LongDirector · Writer
- François WilligProducer
- Manuel EmbalseEditor
Details
- Release date
- December 31, 2022
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
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