L.A. Tea Time
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2019
Regie: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒฬ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ
84 min
4. Visionär Film Festival
German Premiere๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ
L.A. TEA TIME is an unusual travelogue which is at times meditative and at times haunted, recounting the adventures of Sophie and Isabelle with humor and a soft touch of magic.
The writer and director, Sophie Bรฉdard Marcotte, creates a biographical account of her quest for a meeting with the filmmaker Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), The Future (2011).
The resulting piece is about the often grueling and thankless process of independent and low-budget film creation and a personal self-discovery that is modest yet beautiful.
The film seems like a genuine homage to the genius Chantal Akerman who is oddly cast in the film as a divine creature that talks from heaven directly to Sophie.
In a way, this documentary bears resemblances with the cinema of the Belgian director: the still camera portraying the daily life of the author, a nearly inexistent plot, and a pilgrimage to find meaning in an empty modern world.
The strongest aspect of the film is that it incorporates all these resemblances with a sophisticated and extraordinary sense of humor.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ : 8โฌ | OV w/ Eng subs. | The venue is barrier-free.