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Film

Les Nomades du soleil

(Nomads of the Sun)

Histoire(s) du cinéma: Cinéma suisse redécouvert

Switzerland · 1954 · DCP 2K · Color · 45' · o.v. French

The digital restoration was carried out by the Cinémathèque suisse in the laboratory L’immagine ritrovata (Italy), with the support of Memoriav.

Screening

Thursday 5 | 8 | 2021, 19:30 · PalaCinema 1 · Sub. English

Introduced by Caroline Fournier, Cécile Vilas, Chantal Lafontant Vallotton and Frédéric Maire

A six-month expedition in West Africa uncovers the daily life of the Wodaabe, nomadic herders of Niger, during the season of the drought and the rainy season and through the rituals that accompany them. Awarded at Locarno in 1955 for excellence in ethnographic investigation, Henry Brandt’s documentary still astonishes today for the fascinating aesthetic scope of his research.

Information

Director

Henry Brandt

Producer

Henry Brandt

Cinematography

Henry Brandt

Editing

Henry Brandt

Sound

Henry Brandt

Screenplay

Henry Brandt

Production

Les Films Henry Brandt

Print

Cinémathèque suisse
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www.cinematheque.ch

Swiss distributor

Cinémathèque suisse
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www.cinematheque.ch

Related biographie(s)

Henry Brandt

Director