Jour de nuit
Day of Night
Un voyage vers la lumière
Switzerland / France / Italy / Germany, May 2000
FILM,
Documentary,
80 min.
- directed by
- Dieter Fahrer, Bernhard Nick
- Status
- In distribution
He sets his easel up towards the end of the valley near the waterfall, to linger, observe and paint. Just to be there, in the power of natural light. His house, the centre of his existence and his hearth in the winter months, stands at the edge of the forest. Paris, “Ville lumière”. A man. A woman. Both actors. Both blind. Blind in a blinding-dazzling world. Hearing in darkness. Seeing in darkness. Keeping alert. A play of shadowy figures emerges from the darkness towards the light, into the light: a playing child that knows only the present and in it recognises the wonderful “now” in which all things exist. A film about light, seeing and perception.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2000
- Original Version
- Italian, French, Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, 80 min.
- Production
- Balzli & Fahrer GmbH, La Compagnie du 3ème Oeil, Teatro Gioco Vita, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SWR - Südwestrundfunk
- Producer
- directed by
- Dieter Fahrer, Bernhard Nick
- Cinematography
- Dieter Fahrer
- Editing
- Maya Schmid, Stephan Ribi
- Music
- Werner Aeschbacher, Bernhard Nick
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Balzli & Fahrer GmbH
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
26.01.2001 - 04.02.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Montreal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
15.11.2000 - 19.11.2000 -
Figueira da Foz, Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz
07.09.2000 - 17.09.2000 -
Toronto, Toronto International Film Festival
07.09.2000 - 16.09.2000 -
Nyon, 31e Festival int. du cinéma Documentaire
01.05.2000 - 07.05.2000