Joy of Man's Desiring

Berlin 2014
Forum
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2014
Guadalajara International
Film Festival 2014

Joy of Man's Desiring

A Film by Denis Côté

2014 - Canada - Documentary - DCP - 1.85 - 70 min.

with Guillaume Tremblay , Emilie Sigouin & Hamidou Savadogo

Language: French
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil & Nancy Grant

An open-ended exploration of the energies and rituals of various workplaces. From one worker to another and one machine to the next; hands, faces, breaks, toil: what kind of absurdist, abstract dialogue can be started between human beings and their need to work? What is the value of the time we spend multiplying and repeating the same motions that ultimately lead to a rest and state of repose whose quality defies definition.

Berlin 2014
Forum
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2014
Guadalajara International
Film Festival 2014

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