Janis Rafa
Kala azar
Edition 2021
92'
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2020
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Fantasy, Drama
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Dialogue:
Greek
Director:
Janis Rafa
Composer:
Gwil Sainsbury
With:
Penelope Tsilika, Dimitris Lalos, Michele Valley
Kala azar describes of a place that cannot sustain animal life any longer. In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species. A film about existence, on the boundaries between living and dead, human and non-human.
"In a desolate, perhaps post-apocalyptic landscape, people and their dogs, cats, and fish coexist harmoniously. A young couple works for a crematorium, paying house calls to people who have lost their pets. As they give animals respectful send-offs, their own relationship fractures." - Mubi
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Credits
Director
Janis Rafa
Composer
Gwil Sainsbury
With
Penelope Tsilika, Dimitris Lalos, Michele Valley
Scenario
Janis Rafa
Director of Photography
Thodoros Mihopoulos
Editor
Patrick Minks
Producer
Digna Sinke
Production studios
SNG Film
Distributor
Gusto Entertainment
More information
Dialogue
Greek
Countries of production
Greece, The Netherlands
Year
2020
Filmography
Janis Rafa
Exit K1 (short, 2012)
