Les dieux ne meurent jamais
Gods Never Die
Götter sterben nie
Switzerland, April 2004
FILM,
Documentary,
51 min.
- 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.
credits
- 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
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Light Night Production SA
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
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Light Night Production SA
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
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Nyon, 10. Visions du Réel - Festival International de Cinéma
19.04.2004 - 25.04.2004