A film by Ulrike Pfeiffer. On March 19th at 8pm at the fsk. In French with German subtitles.
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The documentary film premieres that have been presented at the Arsenal at Potsdamer Platz in loose succession for the past ten years will be continued as part of Arsenal on Location at and with the fsk Kino at Oranienplatz—an obvious collaboration, as contemporary documentary filmmaking also has a permanent place in the fsk’s program. The series begins in March with Ulrike Pfeiffer’s film DIE FABELHAFTE WELT DES DR. CADÉOT (D 2024), which portrays an old vet from Gascony and depicts a microcosm that has fallen out of time. (Birgit Kohler)
Dr. Cadéot is over 90 years old and still works as a vet in the country. He lives in the Gascogne region of southwest France with his brother and sister-in-law, a goose called Lily and a small flock of sheep. The mischievous, dishevelled old man treats animals on a wooden table covered in a wipe-clean tablecloth. Relics from a long life can be found all over the house, the telephone hangs on the wall, and paper is stacked up in piles. Ulrike Pfeiffer’s DIE FABELHAFTE WELT DES DR. CADÉOT portrays a microcosm that seems to stem from a different era. The camera shows the sunlight streaming in, wind and weather, day and night, different seasons, it glides along old wallpaper and over the surfaces of the floor and walls. A narrator counts the sheep or says sentences such as “It’s about to rain.” The music composed by Helge Schneider places its own emphasis – as do the quotes from several 400-year-old animal fables by Jean de La Fontaine. (Birgit Kohler)
DE 2024, 86 Min., OmdU
Regie: Ulrike Pfeiffer
Kamera: Robert Falckenberg
Schnitt: Kawe Vakil
Dieses Programm ist Teil der vom Hauptstadtkulturfonds geförderten Veranstaltungsreihe Arsenal on Location:
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