Les dieux ne meurent jamais

Gods Never Die
Götter sterben nie

Switzerland, April 2004
FILM, Documentary, 51 min.

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directed by
Patricia Plattner, Laurent Aubert, Ravi Goplan Nair, Johnathan Watts
Status
In distribution

During the dry season, certain villages in the district of Calicut in southern India celebrate the Titayâttam, or “Dance of the splendour”. For several days, the villagers live to the rythm of rites dedicated to their ancestors and to protective deities. Between 1998 and 2003, Laurent Aubert, ethnomusicologist, and Johnathan Watts, photographer and video director, stayed several times in the region of Kerala. Accompanied by a specialist, they brought back on behalf of the Musée d’ethnographie of Geneva more than 70 hours of rushes. These were entrusted to Patricia Plattner, who restored all their meaning and significance by scrupulous editing.

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World Premiere
April 2004
Original Version
French, English,  colour, Digi Beta, 51 min.
Production
Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, Light Night Production SA
Producer
directed by
Patricia Plattner, Laurent Aubert, Ravi Goplan Nair, Johnathan Watts
Cinemato­graphy
Johnathan Watts
Editing
Patricia Plattner
Location Sound Mix
Johnathan Watts, Laurent Aubert

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