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Detours while speaking of monsters
Detours while speaking of monsters

Detours while speaking of monsters Detours while speaking of monsters Detours while speaking of monsters

Directed byRegieDerhêner

Deniz Şimşek

Germany,TurkeyDeutschland,TurkeiAlmanya,Tirkiye, 2024

Running timeLaufzeitDema bezê

18'

A 4000-year-old aquatic monster resists falling into oblivion, it now lives in the tales of the few. Its myth dates back to the ancestors of Armenians and Kurds around Lake Van, a region that witnessed the ethnic cleansing of both peoples. On the crossroads of mythological, political and personal realms, different forms of erasure are concealed. Though here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It's got the mythological blues.

Ein 4000 Jahre altes Wasserwesen widersteht dem Vergessen und lebt nun in den Erzählungen der wenigen. Sein Mythos reicht zurück zu den Vorfahren der Armenier und Kurden rund um den Van-See, eine Region, die das ethnische Säubern beider Völker miterlebt hat. An der Kreuzung von mythologischen, politischen und persönlichen Welten sind verschiedene Formen des Auslöschens verborgen. Doch hier, wo sogar Monster politisch sind, hat die Topografie ihr eigenes Gedächtnis. Sie hat den mythologischen Blues.

Hûtekî avî yê 4000 salî li hemberî jibîrbûnê li ber xwe dide, niha di çîrokên çend kesan de dijî. Efsaneya wê ji bav û kalên Ermenî û Kurdan li derdora Gola Wanê ye, ev herêm bûye şahidê paqijiya etnîkî ya her du gelan. Li ser xaçerêya warên mîtolojîk, siyasî û kesayetî, awayên cuda yên tinekirinê têne veşartin.

LanguageSpracheZiman

Turkish

SubtitlesUntertitelBinnivîs

English

ScreeningFilmvorführungPêşandana fîlman

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