Mirjam Devriendt, Alain Platel
Why We Fight?
Artists on Film
98'
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2021
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
Dutch, French, English
Director:
Mirjam Devriendt, Alain Platel
Composer:
Steven Prengels
With:
Bérengère Bodin, Samir M'Kirech, TK Russell
Why We Fight? is a cinematographic film that tries to understand the violence around us, but also within ourselves, in order to better cope with the world today.
Why We Fight? is directed by one of Belgium’s most famous choreographers Alain Platel, together with the photographer Myriam Devriendt.
Through the vision of 3 dancers, and linking the body to the mind, the film tries to
understand violence outside in the world but also inside ourselves.
Using various types of imagery and visual metaphors, the film analyses social change, the
lack of emotional processing and the power of humanity, which always seems to
balance between creating something spectacularly beautiful and something horribly cruel.
Through the vision of three dancers, and linking the body to the mind, the film tries to understand violence outside in the world but also inside ourselves. Using various types of imagery and metaphors, the film analyses social change, the lack of emotional processing and the power of humanity.
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Credits
Director
Mirjam Devriendt, Alain Platel
Composer
Steven Prengels
With
Bérengère Bodin, Samir M'Kirech, TK Russell
Scenario
Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt
Director of Photography
Mirjam Devriendt
Editor
Dieter Diependaele
Producer
Emmy Oost, Magalie Dierick
Production studios
Cassette for Timescapes
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Dialogue
Dutch, French, English
Countries of production
Belgium, Germany
Year
2021
